Brass Horizontal Drill by John Nesbitt, Manchester, the bed with engraved rule calibrated in 1/4 in. and signed John Nesbitt Ltd. 42 Market Street Manchester , geared hand-crank with four spokes powering a simple tool holder, lg. 19 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-07-25
Brass Horizontal Sundial by Deluret, Paris, the lacquered brass plate with 3 5/8 in. dia. revolving round dial with Roman numerals and applied compass with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-07-25
Brass Depthing Tool by John Downes, London, late 18th century, three iron legs support the brass frame with three clamp work holder, upright pivoted center Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-01
Brass Thread Tester by John Nesbitt LTD., Manchester, United Kingdom, on a calibrated and adjustable 12-inch bed, geared handle, revolving clamp grip head stock and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20
Two English brass spit jacks by John Linwood and Salters. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2010-09-10
Brass Binnacle Compass by John Bliss & Co., New York, with 5 1/2-inch bowl, twin lamp housings and domed case with two glazed panels, now Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-04-13
Part of a Boston Colonial Brass Surveyor's Compass by John Dupee, with 4 1/4-inch brass dial engraved with eight-point rose, fleur-de-lis at North, central medallion Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-05-03
Brass Horizontal Sundial, signed "Butterfield a Paris," late 17th/early 18th century, with folding bird gnomon, twin hour scales for latitudes 52o and 49o, and compass Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-04-13
Brass Transit Theodolite by Stanley, London, No. 8031, with 15-inch telescope with rack focusing, vertical circle with twin verniers, on twin A-frame supports above silvered Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-04-13
Rare Surveyor's Quadrant by John Kennard, with 4 1/2-inch compass card with credit T S Bowles, Portsmouth, N.H. in ribband around central Tudor rose medallion, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-05-03
Brass Solar Compass by W. & L. E. Gurley, Troy, New York, the brass instrument with Burt's solar attachment, horizontal circle read by opposing verniers, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20
