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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
1764072699Code 8281 Antique MetronomeJohan Maelzel (1772-1838) oak metronome system from the late 19th century.
Good condition, with signs of old restoration, working.
Dimensions: 11 x 11 x 23 cm – 4.3 x 4.3 x 9 cm
1765550595Code 8391 ANtique Slide RuleAntique spiral slide rule made of wood, brass, and papier-mâché, designed by George Fuller of Belfast, professor of engineering at Queen’s University, in 1878. It was made by Stanley in the late 19th century and is housed in its original mahogany box.
Good condition.
Box dimensions: 35.5 x 11 x 10.5 cm – 14 x 4.4 x 4.2 in
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Of course! The legislative decree n. 42/2004 stipulates that who sells works of art or historical and archaeological items has the obligation to deliver to the purchaser the documents attesting to the authenticity of the object, or at least to submit the documents relating to the probable attribution and origin. Antik Arte & Scienza provides an expertise (as warranty) that contains a description, period and assignment or the author, if known, of the item.
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Europe: delivering on the average in 2/3 weekdays.
Other countries: delivering on the average in 5 weekdays; custom duties charged to the buyer.
Is shipping insured?
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If I change my mind, can I return the item?
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