In addition to the Gallery in Milan, opened in 1999, Antik Arte & Scienza has also had a channel for online sales: on this site it is possible to buy, in fact, nautical antiques, astronomical instruments, globes and antique world maps, antique compasses, measuring instruments, vintage medical instruments and related to natural history. We know how it is important to offer secure and easy on-line purchases and therefore we have decided to offer free shipping and free insurance. All objects have an accurate and safe packaging, and when necessary also a padded wooden box made to measure. Shipping is insured by Lloyd's London, and you have 28 days to change your mind and return the bought items (see our general selling conditions for more information about return methods).
Man has always try to measure the world around: it is demonstrated by all measuring instruments invented during centuries, from instruments to measure lands to instruments to measure liquids, from instruments to calculate, to instruments for measure the time.
Antique scientific instruments can represent beautiful objects connected to own work or passion, but also they can be simply beautiful objects that a real collector of antiques must have.
1614951069Code 6887 Topographic levelTopographic level signed W.F Stanley of burnished brass, from the second half of the 19th century. In excellent condition and complete with original mahogany box with brass hinges and closing hooks. The instrument consists of a telescope, two orthogonal levels, a compass complete with a goniometric circle with the function of a horizontal circle and base for attachment to the stand with four adjustment screws. Inside the lid of the mahogany box there are two labels: one yellow with the name and address of the manufacturer, the other, also by Stanley, has the date 3.3.1911 of a repair. Box size 45x14.3x13 cm - 17.7x5.6x5.11 inches, level length 32 cm - 12.59 inches, height with base 16.5 cm - 6.49 inches.
1626092694Code 6985 Land-surveyor squaringLand-surveyor squaring of brass, Italian manufacture, from the second half of the 19th century, complete with original walnut box. It is a topographic instrument consisting of a cylindrical brass box, on which eight sights are practiced, which are used to trace alignments at 45 ° or multiples of 45 °. The graduated square is used for the detection or formation on the ground of alignments at any angle. It consists of two coaxial metal cylinders of which the one below is fixed and is provided, on the upper edge, with a centesimal graduation; the upper cylinder, also called alidade, rotates around a vertical axis. The alidade is equipped with four sights or slots and on the lower edge it is equipped with a reading vernier which represents the indicator in the readings of the graduation of the fixed part. Box size 11x19 h 11 cm - 4.33x7.48 h 4.33 inches.
2812015103326734Code A45 Mirror galvanometerVertical mirror galvanometer, English manufacture of the mid-XIX century, oak and glass, three adjustable screws at the base for leveling. Tool constituted by a magnet bar movable inside a coil and connected to a needle. In the absence of current the needle is positioned vertically while when the coil is crossed by the current it creates a magnetic field that moves the needle. This type of galvanometer was used for measurement of insulation of telegraph cables. Very good condition. Dimensions: height 29 cm - 11.41 inches, width 13 cm - 5.11 inches, depth cm 7 - inches 2.75.
1528458094Code A105 Coil galvanometerMoving coil brass galvanometer with 3-screw base, instrument signed Philip Harris Ltd Birmigham England n. 19402, made in the early '900, a tool used as a detector of direct current and of very weak intensities. Very good condition. Height 24 cm - 9.44 inches, base diameter cm 15 - inches 5.9.
1528290211Code A90 Induction coil by Du BoisInduction coil by Du Bois Reymond, also known as Sled of the Du Bois Reymond system designed around 1870 during electrophysiology studies by Emil Du Boid Reymond (1818-1896) known German physiologist. German manufacture of the end of 1800s. There are two coils, a fixed one and a larger mobile one, that runs on the small coil by means of a rack sled with a graduated scale. The current is maximum when the moving coil is completely overlapped to the small one and decreases as far as it is. By connecting a galvanometer it is possible to verify the variation of the current. Good condition. Length 40 cm - 15.74 inches, width 14.5 cm - 5.7 inches, height 13 cm - 5.11 inches.
1524140282Code A46 Herschel actinometerHerschel actinometer, 1930's, wood and brass, signed Griffin & Tatlock ltd London. It is an instrument invented in 1825 by John Herschel and used for the measurement of the solar heat. Very good condition. Cm 40x4x16 - inches 15.74x1.57x6.29.
1437477072Code A114 SeismographSeismograph by Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd London and Cambridge C 548334, 1930's. Complete with accessories, camera with plates and a dark room for data logging. Placed in an oak box, 29x26x43 cm - 11.41x10.23x16.92 inches. Good condition.
193201518257734Code A35 Lippich polarimeterLippich polarimeter with polarizer with triple field made at the end of 1800s signed Societé Genevoise pour la construction d’instruments de physique Genève, brass and black metal. It is an optical instrument of analysis used to determine the concentration of sucrose and glucose in raw materials and sugary food. Length 98 cm - 38.58 inches, height 39 cm - 15.35 inches. Good condition.
1590508801Code 579A9 Vintage polarimeterWooden and brass polarimeter with cast iron tripod base from the late 1800s. It is an instrument used to determine the concentration of sucrose and glucose in raw materials and sugar-based food products. Very good condition and in perfect working order. Measures cm 50x20 h 50 - inches 19.68x7.87 h 19.68.
1531395452Code A150 Polarimeter 1920Refractor polarimeter made of painted brass with cast iron tripod base by Steindorff & Co Berlin D.R.P. Germany, 1920s. It is an instrument used to determine the concentration of sucrose and glucose in raw materials and food products based on sugar. Excellent condition fully functional. Cm 36x18 h 22 - inches 14.17x7 h 8.66.
1620917651Code 6971 Ferrero strain gaugeDouble strain gauge signed Brevetti F.lli Ingg. Ferrero Savona n.384583 mod E74 - S3, circa 1930, in its original box complete with accessories and magnifying glass.
It is an instrument used to measure the variations in length that occur between two points of the flat face of a solid 20 centimeters apart, used in the past to test building or industrial constructions.
In excellent condition, fully functional, complete with instruction booklet for use. Box size 27.8x22x8 cm - 10.9x8.66x3.14 inches.
1533825098Code 6078 Square used by carpentersDecorated wooden square used by carpenters. Italian manufacture of the mid-nineteenth century Good condition. Cm 63x1.5x44.5 - inches 24.8x0.59x17.5.
1551349891Code 5095 Architecture gameParticular architecture game constructions with 56 colored stones inside a wooden box made in the laboratory of Dr. Richter Rudolstadt Thüringe in the late nineteenth century. The box is complete with assembly instructions. Measures box 27x17x4.8 cm (h).
1635515734Code 6113B Geometric solidsBox containing 6 dismounplate geometric solids of oak wood, height 20 cm, in their original wooden box complete with illustrative leaflet for calculating surfaces and volumes. Made for educational purposes for schools by Antonio Vallardi publisher in 1963. Box cm 24x40 h 12 cm - 9.44x15.74 h 4.72 inches.
1716039041Code 7939 Leyien JarLeiden jar from the second half of the 19th century, it is an electrical component that accumulates and stores a high voltage electric charge by means of an external source such as an electrostatic generator. Generally made from a glass container, often a bottle, covered on the outside with a metal foil and filled on the inside with very thin golden foils for better electrical contact and connected with a metal conductive rod which ends at the top with an inserted sphere in the Bakelite cap of the bottle.
Good condition. Height 17.5 cm – 6.9 inches, diameter 6 cm – 2.4 inches.
1646927332Code 7232 Reduction CompassCross-legged reduction compass, of chrome plated brass
and steel, English manufacture from the end of the 19th century. Fixed or mobile center, whose opposite points form simple relationships of 1: 2, 1: 3 or other. It is used to enlarge or reduce a drawing; it is equipped with two arms each with a slot, in which a movable pin held by a screw slides. The points are inserted in both ends of the arms: if the pin is placed in the position of the scale of the lines marked with the number 3, this means that the points of the compass are widened in the ratio of 1 to 3. Good contidition. Measure cm 20 x 1,6x 1. Inches 7.8x0.65x0.5
1701685768Code 7764 SundialDiptych sundial in engraved boxwood with brass hinges, book-shaped, English manufacture, first decade of the 19th century. The clock is equipped with a compass for orientation inserted into the base with needle block and complete with eight-wind rose on paper and protractor circle. The gnomon is made up of a wire that is tensioned, according to the direction of the celestial axis, when the cover of the clock is opened. A label located on the inside of the lid contains instructions in English regarding the operation of the instrument. The hour dial is traced inside the lid, indicating the daylight hours. In excellent condition, in perfect working order. Measurements closed: cm 7.7x5.1x2-inches 3x2.1x1.6.
1712757104Code 7711 Geometric SolidsBox containing 10 removable geometric solids in oak wood, for teaching geometry, maximum height 20 cm, housed in their original wooden box.
Created for educational purposes for schools by the publisher Antonio Vallardi in the 1960s.
Never used. Box size 40x30x12.5 cm – 15.8x11.8x5 inches.
1716039389Code 7940 Leiden JarLeyden jar from the second half of the 19th century, it is an electrical component that accumulates and stores a high voltage electric charge by means of an external source such as an electrostatic generator. Generally made from a glass container, often a bottle, covered on the outside with a metal foil and filled on the inside with very thin golden foils for better electrical contact and connected with a metal conductive rod which ends at the top with an inserted sphere in the Bakelite cap of the bottle.
Good condition. Height 21.5 cm – 8.5 inches, diameter 6 cm – 2.4 inches.
1725726363Code 7991 Slide RuleAntique ebonite, brass and papier-mâché spiral slide rule, designed by George Fuller of Belfast, professor of engineering at Queen’s University of London in 1878, made by STANLEY in the thirties
and housed in its original mahogany wood box, complete with brass support for mounting on the base and instruction booklet for use.
Box measurements cm 36x11,7x11, inches 14.1x4.6x4.5.
1727191650Code 7981 AltimeterCompensated brass barometric altimeter signed Stanley London n.1581 from the early 1900s. Diameter 7.6 x 3 cm – 3x1.2 inches.
1731165976Code 8031 Box of CompassesBox of compasses, mid 19th century housed in their original thuja briar box, nickel-plated brass and ivory instruments, velvet and satin interior, brass lock and hinges. The name of the company that made them, W.H., is imprinted on the satin inside the gold-printed lid. HARLING Mathematical Instrument Manufacturer 40 Hatton Garden London. Box complete with: engraved boxwood ruler for equivalences, wooden rulers with double scale, some balustrades for small circles, two compasses with fixed points of different sizes, two small compasses, several line pullers with ivory handles, etc. Good condition. Closed box measures 20x16x5 cm - 7.9x5.9x2 inches.
1739976149Code 8076 Sand HourglassSand hourglass, brass container with circular base and blown glass cruet. Height 14 cm (5.5 in) diameter 5 cm (in 2). English manufacture from the 1930s. Good condition. The hourglass is engraved with the Latin motto Navigare Necess est, a famous phrase that has gone down in history and was pronounced, according to Plutarch, by Pompey in front of the soldiers who did not want to embark due to bad weather. Around the year 57 BC, Pompey was tasked with collecting as much grain as possible from all the provinces, to supply Rome during a severe famine. After completing the task and finding an enormous quantity of grain, with the ships loaded with grain and ready to leave, bad weather suddenly arrived with strong winds, the sailors and helmsmen refused to set sail. Pompey, determined and determined, got on the first ship pronouncing the words Navigare Necesse est, Vivere non est Necesse, Sailing is Necessary, Living is not Necessary. His exhortation meant that everyone was at the service of Rome and that it was necessary to bring grain to the starving population even at the risk of their lives. The sailors then obeyed, the ships set sail and arrived in Ostia with a quantity of grain greater than necessary.
1743784882Code 8125 Logarithmic Slide RuleCircular logarithmic slide rule FER model H 39 n. 1675 from the thirties, Italian patent n. 1680, housed in its original wooden box with a round shape like the instrument, complete with instruction booklet. Calculator patented worldwide for the rapid and safe calculation of the dimensions of reinforced concrete structures. The instrument is made of lithographed aluminum and the dial is composed of 10 rings on which the logarithmic graduations are indicated and a crank with eight buttons that can be raised or lowered to allow calculations, an instruction booklet explains in a very analytical way with examples and diagrams the correct use. Made by Costruzione Officine Meccaniche F.lli Ingg Ferrero Corso Mazzini 29 Savona in the thirties. Good condition, perfectly working. Instrument diameter cm 27 - 10.6 inch, height cm 4 -1.6 inch.
1744985826Code 8130 TacheometerTacheometer model Soldati from the end of the 19th century signed La Filotecnica Ing. A Salmoiraghi Milano serial number 18865.
Instrument for surveying and tracing on construction sites, used for calculating vertical and horizontal angles and for indirect measurement of distance and height differences.
Good condition.
Measurements cm 17.5x12x18.5- inches 6.9x4.7x7.3
1746869453Code 8031a Compass BoxCompass box in wood with rosewood veneer from the second half of the 19th century, complete with key. In the centre of the lid a rhombus-shaped brass medallion bears the name of the owner Infernet engraved. Inside the box are housed the various instruments in brass and marine ivory: reduction compass, fixed-point compass, various steel and brass drawing pens with marine ivory handles, balusters, marine ivory ruler, brass and steel caliper, compass etc., in the compartment below there are numerous wooden rulers with various scales. Inside the lid the name of the dealer is stamped in gold: Desbordes a Paris Rue St. Pieerre Popincourt 20. Good condition, some defects in the box.
Measurements cm 37x22x6 - inches 14.5x9.8x2.4
1750260988Code 8174 MetronomeMetronome system Paquet 1815 and Johan Maelzel 1846 from the second half of the 19th century.
Measurements cm 11x11x23.5 – 4.3x4.3x9.3.
It is an instrument made of oak wood used to measure the tempo of music, the sound of the pendulum signals the speed of execution with precision. The instrument consists of a pendulum with a counterweight that works with a clockwork mechanism with toothed wheels moved by a spring. The rod located on the front equipped with a counterweight is activated by the clockwork mechanism which with its oscillations marks the passage of time. The instrument is housed in a pyramid-shaped box made of oak wood which on the front has a brass plate and the names of Paquet 1815 and the inventor, the Austrian physicist J.N. Maelezel 1846.
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