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Fine Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments

Dreweatts

Donnington Priory

Oxford Road

Newbury, Berkshire

RG14 2JE

United Kingdom

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A VICTORIAN 18 INCH TERRESTRIAL FLOOR-STANDING LIBRARY GLOBE

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A VICTORIAN 18 INCH TERRESTRIAL FLOOR-STANDING LIBRARY GLOBE W. AND T.M. BARDIN, LONDON, PUBLISHED 1840 The sphere applied with two sets of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores incorporating trade label inscribed To the Rt. Honourable, SIR JOSEPH BANKS BAR. K.B., President of the Royal Society, This New British Terrestrial Clobe, Containing all the latest Discoveries and Communications, from the most, correct and authentic Observations and Surveys, to the year 1840, by Capt'n Cook and more recent Navigators. Engraved from, an accurate Drawing by Mr. Arrowsmith, Geographer, Respectfully Dedicated, by his most obedient h'ble servants, W. & T.M. Bardin, over further applied label inscribed Bate, London to the North Pacific, with fully graduated equatorial and ecliptic rings and the Pacific with THE ANELEMA scale, the oceans with many explorer's tracks and Monsoon indications, the land masses with nation states faintly colour tinted and principal cities labelled, topographic features labelled and also pictured, Antarctica with no land showing and the most southerly point annotated 14 (degrees) 15 (minutes) most southern Lat. Of, Mr. Weddell 20 th Feb'y 1823, the sphere pivoted via the polar axis within a brass meridian circle divided for degrees and with brass hours circles to both poles, set within printed paper horizon ring annotated with compass points and degrees in both directions, Zodiac and calendar scales, in a stand with four down-curved quadrant supports cradling the globe over baluster turned upright issuing three out-swept supports each terminating with down-curved tapered feet and brass castors. 108cm (42.5ins) high, 61cm (24ins) diameter overall William Bardin (1783-98) was a freeman of the Leatherseller's Company who starting making globes in around 1780. His first globes were 9 and 12 inch diameter published in collaboration with Gabriel Wright on 1st January 1782. Wright was a mathematical instrument maker who had previously worked for Benjamin Martin who, in turn, had acquired the plates of Senex's celebrated globes from James Ferguson. William's son, Thomas Marriott, is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as a globe maker apprenticed to his father in 1783, with whom he went into partnership in 1790. Bardin and Son initially worked from 4 Hind Court, Fleet Street, London before moving to 16 Salisbury Square in 1975. William Bardin died in 1795 leaving the business in the hands of Thomas Marriott. The firm was taken-on by Thomas's daughter, Elizabeth Marriott, after his death in 1820 and then by her husband, S.S. Edkins. on their marriage in 1832. They took a son into partnership in 1848 and the business continued until shortly after S.S. Edkins's death in 1853. The applied trade label will almost certainly be for Robert Brettell Bate who is recorded by Clifton, as working from Poultry, London 1808-42 and then 33 Royal Exchange 1846-47. Bate was known as a maker of all types of instrument however was celebrated for his nautical instruments including marine barometers and latterly was appointed Instrument-maker to Her Majesty s Honourable Boards if Excise and Customs.

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A VICTORIAN GILT BRASS ANEROID POCKET BAROMETER COMPENDIUM WITH ALTIMETER

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AN INTERESTING TOILE PEINTE WALL BAROMETER WITH POSSIBLE ROYAL PROVENANCE

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AN INTERESTING TOILE PEINTE WALL BAROMETER WITH POSSIBLE ROYAL PROVENANCE HAAS, LONDON, LATE 18 th CENTURY The tube applied to a rectangular silvered scale calibrated in Fahrenheit and annotated with observations FH, BH, SH, T and F beneath engraved signature Haas, LONDON to upper margin, the rectangular case formed from tin plated steel finished with black japanning incorporating panel over the thermometer bulb polychrome and gilt painted with crown over G III R cypher, the back panel extended and pierced with key-hole shaped apertures for wall mounting both to upper and lower margins, the rear of the case applied with a manuscript paper label inscribed in ink This Thermometer hung in the small private Drawing Room of Hid late Majesty King George 3 rd at Weymouth and was purchased at the sale that took place there on Friday 21 st July 1820 and afterwards presented to ....Powell Esq'r. ... 32cm (12.5ins) high, 4.5cm (1.75ins) wide, 2cm (0.75ins) deep. Jacob Bernhard Haas is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from Bull Yard, St Ann's Court, Soho, London, 1789-99. The inscription to the rear of the present lot suggests that the thermometer formed part of King George III possessions housed at Gloucester Lodge, Weymouth which was built in 1780. The King became a regular visitor during the summer months particularly from 1789 in order to convalesce from bouts of the mental illness from which he was known to suffer. Indeed he attended every year from 1791-1805 except 1793 and 1803, and was particularly fond on bathing, riding, walking and sailing. He also engaged with local residents in a relatively informal manner particularly farmers and other landowners which contributed to his nickname 'Farmer George'. Gloucester Lodge was extended in around 1850 and the interiors sadly gutted by fire in 1927. Condition Report: The thermometer tube is broken/missing and the lower part of the scale has red pigment staining. The tube column is intact and the silvering to the scale otherwise generally in good condition albeit with dirt residue mostly towards the top edge and slight oxidation. The glass is broken along the lower margin and of incorrect arched profile at the top hence appears to be an older mis-matched replacement. The top cap to the case is missing otherwise case is in sound original unrestored condition with faults limited to edge wear and some flaking to the finishes. Condition Report Disclaimer

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETER

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A RARE GEORGE III SCOTTISH CHEVRON-EDGED MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETER

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A RARE GEORGE III SCOTTISH CHEVRON-EDGED MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETER JOHN RUSSELL, FALKIRK, CIRCA 1790 The chevron banded case with swan neck pediment above arch-glazed door enclosing fine engraved silvered brass scale with arched banner titled BAROMETER over Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right and opposing the usual weather observations to the left, the lower margin signed Rufsell, Falkirk , the trunk applied with full-height half column enclosing the tube flanked by forty-five degree angle-grain veneers and chevron angles, over a slightly domed oval cistern cover. 98cm (38.5ins) high, 15cm (6ins) wide. Provenance: The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased at Bonhams, London sale of FINE CLOCKS Wednesday 7 th July 2016 (lot 2) for £1,690. John Russell is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 as settling in Falkirk in 1770 where he set up shop opposite the top of Kirk Wynd. He proved to be a very talented watchmaker who was subsequently appointed maker to the Prince of Wales in 1811. In addition to making watches and barometers he advertised as being able to supply musical clocks, organs, microscopes and thermometers. Of his barometers his best known models are a type similar to the present lot, but also fitted with a hygrometer and thermometer (following the specification of Benjamin Martin's 'weather glasses'), and his landmark 'royal' barometers - which are essentially an early design of wheel barometer with subsidiary dials allowing changes in pressure to be obtained down to increments of 0.001 of an inch. John Russell died in 1817 and was succeeded by William Dobbie who was known to have produced a few barometers to Russell's designs. Condition Report: Instrument is filled with mercury but has a very small amount of air as the column will stop around 5mm short of the top of the tube when the instrument is inclined slightly. The scale is in good condition with fairly bright and relatively even colouring to the silvering. The case presents very well however the pediment has been restored and there is a small veneer patch repair to glazed aperture surround. Visible faults are otherwise visible faults are otherwise limited to a small stain to the lower part of the right hand-side and a few very minor age related bumps, scuffs, shrinkage and wear. Condition Report Disclaimer

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Y A FINE REGENCY MAHOGANY BOWFRONTED ‘FLAT-TO-THE-WALL’ MERCURY STICK BAROMETER

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY BOWFRONTED MERCURY STICK BAROMETER

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Y A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY BOWFRONTED MERCURY STICK BAROMETER

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A REGENCY STYLE MAHOGANY BOWFRONTED MERCURY STICK BAROMETER

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Y A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH ROSEWOOD MERCURY MARINE STICK BAROMETER WITH SYMPIESOMETER

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Y A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH ROSEWOOD MERCURY MARINE STICK BAROMETER WITH SYMPIESOMETER H. MCQUEEN AND COMPANY, GLASGOW, CIRCA 1860 With cavetto moulded caddy pediment above rectangular glazed double canted ivory scales flanking the tube each calibrated for barometric inches together with the usual observations beneath annotations 9 A.M. YESTERDAY opposing 9 A.M. TO-DAY and signed H. McQUEEN & Co., GLASGOW to upper margin, the trunk with cavetto shaped sides flanking twin Vernier adjustment squares to throat over brass ring for the gimbal mount to the rectangular section trunk applied with glazed sympiesometer configured with silvered scale applied with siphon tube with open bulb to the right and sealed bulb to the left filled with pink stained fluid, the left-hand margin with mercury tube 10-110 Fahrenheit scale thermometer opposing right hand side with engraved vertical scale for degrees Fahrenheit ranging between 30 and 140 set behind slide with expanded scale annotated for barometric inches 27 to 31 and with the usual weather observations, the upper edge of the slide fitted with angled pointer for calibration against the temperature scale behind and with rack-and-pinion adjustment via a square to the exterior of the case, the upper left hand corner with recessed circular level recording disc engraved with barometric scale visible through an arched aperture in the plate and manually adjusted via projecting rim to the exterior of the case, the lower margin inscribed IMPROVED SYMPIESOMETER , the barometer trunk continuing beneath terminating with a moulded brass cylindrical cistern, (gimbals incomplete). 93cm (36.5ins) high, 11cm (4.25ins) wide. Provenance: The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. H. McQueen and Company are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as makers of marine barometers with sympiesometers working form 63 Clyde Place, Glasgow circa 1840-60. The sympiesometer was invented by Alexander Adie of Edinburgh in 1818 and is essentially an improved version of Robert Hooke's thermobarometer which was subject of a paper presented to the Royal Society in 1668. The instrument works by having a syphon tube filled with liquid open to the air at one end and with trapped gas at the other (sulphuric acid and hydrogen were used in later sympiesometers). As barometric pressure increases the liquid will be forced down the tube causing the gas to be compressed, resulting in a change in level in the tube; however the volume of the gas changes with temperature so before a reliable reading can be taken the instrument would first need to be calibrated by adjusting the position of the movable barometer scale in relation to the temperature scale behind to reflect the reading provided by the thermometer. The sympiesometer was conceived by Adie as an alternative to the mercury marine barometer as it was smaller and believed to be less susceptible to the motion of a vessel at sea. Condition Report: IVORY LICENCE REF - E7KCZLWR Condition Report Disclaimer

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Ɵ MERCER, VAUDREY 'THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF EDWARD JOHN DENT…'

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A REGENCY BRASS INLAID FIGURED MAHOGANY DROP-DIAL WALL TIMEPIECE WITH EIGHT-INCH DIAL

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