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).
1730468974Code 8007 Refractor TelescopeAntique mid-18th century Gregorian brass refractor telescope, almost certainly made by James Short (1710-1768). In good condition, the eyepiece and missing lens replaced. Measurements 78x54 cm – 30.7x21.2 inches, focal diameter 11.5 cm – 4.5 inches. €8500 dibs 15000
It is an instrument equipped with two concave mirrors, the primary mirror collects the light and makes it converge towards a focus placed in front of the secondary mirror; in turn the secondary mirror brings the light back towards the primary mirror, which has a hole in the center containing the eyepiece.
1732200986Code 8029 Globe with ClockClock surmounted by a globe that rotates over a 24-hour period and the time is indicated by a brass hand, with an eight-day charge. Inside an oval scroll of the globe we read: RICHARD’S CHRONOSPHERE Patent 19460 Cable, late 19th century.
French manufacture for the English market of the late 19th century.
The writing is engraved on the brass base: Bté S.D.G.D is a French patent which was in force from 1844 until 1968, which means a patent without government guarantees.
Mechanism serviced and working, but not perfectly on time, globe with abrasions and signs of use, good readability. Height 30 cm – 11.8 inches - sphere diameter 15 cm – 5.9 inches.
A ring gear on the South Pole of the globe is connected to the shaft of the clockwork mechanism which is located inside the grooved brass column, connected to the base of the drum which contains the clockwork mechanism. The brass ring that represents the equator has the hours engraved in Roman numerals, in red for the day and in black for the night, the time is indicated with a bent brass hand that starts from the north pole, while on the circle of the equator you can read the hours at various latitudes. The Moon is depicted by a small burnished brass globe screwed onto a partially threaded brass bow, to allow the Moon to change its position relative to the Earth. The continents are depicted on the globe and in detail China is indicated as the Chinese Empire as it was called before the Revolution, just as Russia is indicated as the Russian Empire, while the British possessions around the world are highlighted in red. The watch has an eight-day charge, both charging and setting the time must be done on the bottom of the base, using a double key.
1731771929Code 7903 Aviation CompassEnglish aeronautical compass in brass, glass and Bakelite, signed SMITHS Made in Great Britain Type KCA-1401K from the 1940s, and mounted on a wooden table. Diameter of the compass 11.5 cm - 4.5 inches. Base width 17 cm - 6.7 inches, total height 11 cm - 4.3 inches. Good condition, perfectly working. The compass consists of a cylindrical brass container, called a mortar, mounted on a cardan joint and complete with an adjustable protractor circle for calculating horizontal angles.
1731772263Code 8057 AshtrayBrass ashtray or pocket emptier from lost wax casting depicting a steamship at sea, in the background the rising sun and two sailing boats. The ashtray is framed at the top by a seagull in flight and at the bottom right by an anchor. English manufacture from the 1920s. Good condition Condition. Measurements 14x2x10 cm – 5.5x3.9x1.6 inches
1730732374Code 7931Scale model of the Regia Nave Scirocco, chromed copper casting model from the 1950s mounted on a wooden base. The Scirocco ship launched in Riva Trigoso in 1934 was a destroyer of the Royal Navy. Between 1937 and 1938 he took part in military operations during the Spanish Civil War, escorting merchant ships transporting Italian volunteers to Spain. In 1940, with Italy’s entry into the war, the Scirocco took part in both offensive and escort missions to convoys to and from North Africa. Measurements 20.5x3.2x4.8 cm – 8.1x1.3x1.9 inches
Code 7931
Italy
1950s
Cm 20,5x3,2x4,8
Inches 8.1x1.3x1.9
EUR300.00
In stock
usedhttps://www.antik.it/Old-ship-models/7931-/
1683908566Code 695 Wood PropellerThe first and only example of a walnut lamellar propeller of the Savoia Marchetti SM 85 prototype flown for the first time on 19 December 1936 by Adriano Bacula, the company’s test pilot. During the tests some modifications were made, including the change of the propeller from wooden two-blade to metal three-blade.
On the propeller it reads:
SAVOIA MARCHETTI 85 B.G.
PIAGGIO VII
DIAM: 2:70
PASS 170 – 2.84
DIS 0599
MN 029252
Measure inches 106.3 x 11.8x8.2
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.
1728142360Code 7968 Aneroid BarometerBrass aneroid or holosteric barometer, wall-mounted, French for English manufacture from the end of the 19th century, in good condition, fully functional. Diameter cm 13.5 – 5.3 in, thickness cm 5 - 2 in.
1709395537Code 7875 Acoustic HornTelescopic acoustic horn in brass and Bakelite, English manufacture from the early 1900s
. The principle of its operation is based on the reflection of sound on the internal walls, so that a greater quantity of energy coming from the propagation of sound waves is concentrated on the tympanic membrane. In fact, the narrowest part is placed near the ear and the wider one collects the sound waves. In good condition, with signs of use and welding.
Measurements: open length 31 cm, closed 22.5 cm, membrane diameter 11.5 cm.
1730733175Code 7980Molecular structure of sodium chloride (NaCl) for educational use in satin-finished and yellow painted metal, green and gray painted Bakelite spheres. Czechoslovakian manufacture from the 1950s. good condition, 1 ball damaged.
Measurements cm 24x24x24 – 9.5x9.5x9.5 inches.
Code 7980
Czechoslovakian
1950s
Cm 24x24x24
Inches 9.5x9.5x9.5
EUR700.00
In stock
usedhttps://www.antik.it/Natural-history/7980-/
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