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Tempus Fugit: The Collection of George Gyori; Australian, Maritime & Exploration — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

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Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:599
Sale Title:Tempus Fugit: The Collection of George Gyori; Australian, Maritime & ExplorationLots with images:592
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:507
Date:11-Jul-2021
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A large collection of antique Jewellers hammers and hammer heads, the largest 28.5 cm long
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A large collection of watchmaker's poising tools, clamps and a movement holder in a mahogany box, the box 9 cm high, 23.5 cm wide, 16.5 cm deep
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A large polished brass telescope, possibly English, 19th century, the brass tube with pull out drawer, within a fitted wooden case with additional eye pieces, the tube 75 cm long, the case 12 cm high, 78 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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A mahogany and glass cased set of brass scales, 19th century, the case 29.5 cm high, 26 cm wide, 16.5 cm deep
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Barograph by F. Robson & Co., Newcastle on Tyne, English, early 20th century a mahogany cased barograph, F. Robson & Co., Newcastle on Tyne, English, early 20th century, with bevelled glass panels, hinged lid and drawer, 21 cm high, 36 cm wide, 23.5 cm deep
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A mountain thoeodolite by Troughton & Simms, London, with fitted cedar case with original paper trade label to lid, 27 cm high, 26 cm wide
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A paper strength tester by Louis Schopper of Leipzig, Germany, circa 1915, steel, nickel-plated brass and a mahogany wooden box, 11 cm high, 30.5 cm wide, 12.5 cm deep
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A Swiss aviation altimeter, by Usteri-Reinacher, Zurich, late 19th century, with a corrections table, marked no. 3562, Usteri-Reinacher, Zurich, within a conforming leather case, 9 cm high, 12 cm wide, 9.5 cm deep
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A brass watchmaker's mandrel lathe, on wood base, 27 cm high
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A traversing theodolite and lens, by Troughton & Simms of London for Henry Husbands of Melbourne, both in fitted cedar cases, the scope case with original paper trade label, the lens 51 cm long, the base 29 cm high
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A velocity speed meter by Short & Mason, England, early 20th century, stamped to base: A.C.1 engineering; drawing office, 12.5 cm high
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A watchmaker's truing tool, circa 1880, mounted on wooden base, 18 cm high
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Miniature Austrian surveyors level, circa 1880, 22 cm wide (box)
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A wind mechanism for a civil defence siren, first half 20th century, 29 cm high
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An Admiral Fitzroy's barometer, with Ellery's indications, 97 cm high, 22 cm wide, 5.5 cm deep
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An anemometer by a Nakamura & Co., Tokyo, Japan, early 20th century, with mounting bracket, 32 cm high, 33 cm wide, 9 cm deep
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An antique French irrigation machine, no. 2 late 19th century, porcelain and plated nickel, handle a later edition, 25 cm high
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An antique mounted brass compass together with a compass, 19th century, the largest 12 cm high, 9.5 cm wide
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Four brass mounted telescopes, including a leather bound telescope by Negretti & Zambra, London, late 19th century, the largest 54 cm long
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A Watkin Clinometer artillery sight, no. 817, by Seimens Bros & Co. Maker, London, early 20th century, housed in fitted mahogany case, 8 cm high, 26 cm wide
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Four brass pocket compasses, early 19th century, the largest 6 cm diameter
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A miners dial, by F Mitchell, Ballarat
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A miners dial by Dollond of London together with a compass, 19th century, the dial 13 cm diameter
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A brass miner's dial by E. Kraft & Sohn, Vienna, no. 318, late 19th century, together with a brass surveyors compass, the boxed compass 6 cm high, 27 cm wide, 19 cm deep
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A boxed brass field microscope, early 20th century, in fitted mahogany case with extra fittings including lens', 5 cm high, 15 cm wide, 15 cm deep
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1820-40 a drum microscope with accessories and case, England, circa 1800-40, mahogany case includes a dated handwritten list of objects, nine bone slides with specimens, objective lenses and various implements., 10 cm high, 27 cm wide, 14 cm deep
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A three power microscope by G. A. Christmas, late 19th century, brass housed in original box, 20 cm high, 18 cm wide,15 cm deep
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A boxed brass field microscope, late 19th century, 5 cm high, 16 cm wide, 12 cm deep
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A boxed bronze microscope by R. Field & Son, Birmingham, 19th century, 30 cm high, 25 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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Three brass and metal surveyor's tools including a Mauch Inclinometer, German, 19th century, the largest 47 cm long
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Brass pocket barometers, early 20th century two pocket barometers, early 20th century, the larger barometer by Flavelle Brothers & Co. Of Sydney, 50 mm diameter
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A cased mercury trough type artificial horizon by John Crichton, London, circa 1851, the mahogany box with brass hook and eye fasteners, metal and glass instrument, boxwood bottle with bone threaded funnel, label affixed inside lid reads 'John Crichton manufacture of Mathematical, Optical & nautical instruments; the the Honb: East India Company, & to the Honb: Corp.n of the Trinity house. 112 Leadenhall Street, London.' 'Great exhibition of 1851; prize medal for Sextants and drawing Instruments', the case…
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A cased artificial horizon, 12 cm high, 19 cm wide, 17 cm deep
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Two pocket cased brass barometers, both in moulded leather cases, the largest 7 cm diameter
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A brass telescope on stand, English, 19th century, the lens 41 cm long, the stand 31 cm high
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A collection of antique brass door knockers and handles, comprising six pieces, the largest 12 cm long
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A pair of brass mounted putti decorated porcelain oil lamps, the base without chimney or shade 32 cm high
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A Philips' 10 inch Challenge globe on brass and mahogany stand, circa 1930, 40 cm high
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A pink moulded glass oil lamp together with a cut glass oil lamp, Victorian, 19th century, both with pierced cast iron bases, the tallest 60 cm high including chimney
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A classical relief cast bronze oval portrait plaque of a man, probably late 19th century, 21 cm high, 15.5 cm wide
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A brass binocular microscope by Baker, English, 19th century, the 'Y' shaped foot with twin trunnions supporting the body of the microscope, mechanical stage with X and Y motions, large plano-concave mirror, substage condenser, binocular tubes with rack and pinion focusing, interocular focusing and micrometer focusing, additional accessories, mahogany carrying case 26 cm high
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A brass microscope with magnification table, no. 15962, by Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar, Germany late 19th century, in original fitted wooden case with extra fittings including with two original eyepieces, one contemporary eye piece in plastic casing and two empty brass casings for lenses, paper label inside case reads 'Alfred Hospital; Commercial Road, Preston; John Gallent', the case 35 cm high, 19.5 cm wide, 19 cm deep
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A stereo microscope by R & J Beck, London
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A brass microscope no. 148, M. Pillischer, 398 Oxford Street, London, circa 1900, with 'Y' shaped base, the twin trunnions supporting the body of the microscope, the mechanical stage with X and Y motions, large plano-concave mirror, substage condenser, binocular tubes with rack and pinion focusing, contained within a mahogany case with full set of accessories, the case 46 cm high
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A vernier sextant by Bottomley, London, late 20th century, in fitted mahogany box with repairer's label to interior, the arc inscribed 'Bottomley London', 21.5 cm radius
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A black painted brass surveyors level by J. & W.E. Archbutt, London, with a fitted cedar case and original paper trade label, 19 cm high, 34 cm long
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A black painted brass surveyors level, late 19th century, with fitted cedar box, 43 cm long
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A brass vernier sextant by Joughin of London, in a glass topped fitted mahogany box, inscribed to slide ' Joughin 17 upper East Smithfield, London', 17 cm radius
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A boxed brass sextant by Dalton Harllepool, 19th century, the case 13 cm high, 27 cm wide, 30 cm deep
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A bronze sextant by Tho Hemsley & Son, London, circa 1880, with fitted case and paper label to interior, the case 32 cm high, 14 cm wide, 28 cm deep
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A double T-Frame Octant, by Spencer Browning & Co., London, circa 1840, complete with all filters, sighting tubes and degree scale housed in a mahogany wedge-shaped case with paper label attached to interior lid 'G.B.H. Filbri Jr: {Amsterdam, Netherlands}, and trade label 'Thomas C. Sargent, Rotherhithe, London', includes two letters, including a response from the National maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, England, envelope dated 18 Nov 1966, the case 12.5 cm high, 28 cm wide
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A vintage brass pocket drum sextant, circa 1943, including a brass octant case, the sextant cover reading 'Tp Wmc No.57 D^D', the largest 7 cm diameter
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A brass surveyor's alidade by Henri Galopin, Melbourne, in a cedar trapezoid case, with paper trade label to lid, 22 cm high
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A brass surveyors compass, No.10, by Anton Horak, Vienna, inscribed 'Anton Horak, no 10 in Wien' to face, 24 cm high, 16 cm wide, 3 cm deep
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A brass surveyors level by O. Boettger, Adelaide, late 19th century, together with a brass scope, no. 3 by Troughton & Simms, London, each with fitted cases, the scope 66 cm long
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A brass surveyors level by W.F. Stanley, London, with fitted hard wood case, 16 cm high, 25 cm long
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A brass surveyors level, no. 448 for Kilpatrick & Co, by Troughton & Simms, London, with incription reading 'Made for Kilpatrick & Co, London No.488', 43 cm long
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W Watson and Sons, London, early 20th century a polished brass 'Century' telescope by W. Watson and Sons, together with a box of cased lenses, inscribed 'W. Watson and Sons 313 high Holborn London' to rim of the tube, the stand 154 cm high, length of the extended tube 140 cm
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An early Tesla coil, 27.5 cm high, 35.5 cm wide, 24.5 cm deep, note, a Tesla coil is an electrical resonant transformer circuit designed by inventor Nikola Tesla in 1891. It is used to produce high-voltage, low-current, high frequency alternating-current electricity. Tesla experimented with a number of different configurations consisting of two, or sometimes three, coupled resonant electric circuits.
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An antique brass scientists monocular field microscope, possibly English, in a mahogany fitted box with extra lens' and fittings, including six bone specimen slides, with original paper label 'W E Toose practical Optician, Sydney' to interior, the microscope 25 cm high
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A doctor's 16-blade brass scarifier, Vienna, early 19th century, inscribed 'Joh Jacob Fischer, in Wien', in original leather-bound box with marbled paper interior, the box 6 cm high, 4.5 cm wide, 4 cm deep
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Scottish striking regulator in associated case
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A pair of frosted glass night clocks, late 19th century, one with white glass shade with Roman numerals and brass and alabaster base, brass cylinder below the shade encloses spring driven movement and brass pendulum, 24 cm high each
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An English longcase clock movement together with a German cuckoo clock movement, 19th century two clock movements including one English longcase along with a German cuckoo, 19th century, the largest 13 cm high, 18 cm wide, 13 cm wide
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956), a miniature glazed earthenware kookaburra, incised G.S. Aus to the base, 4 cm high
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Two Victorian brass and cut glass banquet oil lamps, 19th century, with moulded frosted glass shades, the largest 68 cm high
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A brass mounted gun metal theodolite, 19 cm high, 35 cm wide
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A collection of antique carpenters scribes, mortice gauges and spirit levels, brass, ebonised and varnished wood, the largest 30 cm long
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A collection of four small metal woodworking planes, 19th century and later, the largest 18 cm
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A French Le Testaphone six pipe car horn, late 19th century, 74 cm long
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A rare Victorian cast iron firseide sewing clip, 22 cm long
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A cast steel winemakers implement, 18th century
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A Henrichi motor hot air engine, Italian, 19th century, 46 cm high
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A kerosene magic lantern and a collection of slides, 19th century, includes a collection of hand-coloured photographic slides and hand illustrations depicting various scenes, the lantern 18 cm high, 50 cm wide, 9 cm deep, the largest slide measuring 39 cm long
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A vintage brass mounted black metal magic lantern style slide viewer, circa 1880, 32 cm high, 33 cm wide, 18 cm deep
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A camera obscura made by C. Reichert, Germany, circa 1900, the case 5.5 cm high,16.5 cm wide, 8 cm deep
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A Triumphon 'Cameraphone' portable gramophone, circa 1930s, housed in wooden case with 'Camera' embossed on the leather handle, the case 13.5 cm high, 11 cm wide, 16 cm deep
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A vintage stereo Realistic camera by David white & Co, Milwaulkee, USA, together leather carrying case and instruction manual, the camera 18 cm long
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An artillery bank mechanical money box, by J. & E. Stevens and Co, 1892, cast iron, 15 cm high, 19 cm wide, 9 cm deep. Reference: bill Norman, the bank book: the Encyclopaedia of mechanical bank collecting, accent Studios, 1984, p. 77, fig. 1060-d (illustrated)
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Two pocket compasses, English, mid 19th century, one brass Troughton & Simms, London; gun metal, F Cox, Newgate street, London, largest measuring 7.5 cm diameter
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Four brass pocket compasses, late 18th - early 19th century, the largest 5.1 cm diameter
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Two hydrometers and a part Saccharometer by T. Gaunt & Co. Of Melbourne, late 19th century, all encased in mahogany with inlay and ivory plaques, the largest case 6 cm high, 20.5 cm wide, 11 cm deep
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An Ader-Bell wall telephone, no. 41471, French, together with an Ader bullring receiver, circa 1880, the plaque inscribed; Soc'te des telephones at Telepgraphes de Lyon', the telephone 18 cm high, 27 cm wide, 22 cm deep
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An early wall mounted telephone, London, 19th century, bears inscription to face: 'Manufactured by the Consolidated telephone construction and Management Co Ltd; telephone & Electrical works; Farringdon Rd, London', embossed '558' to side of box, 30.5 cm high, 14 cm wide, 13.5 cm deep
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A large collection of vintage brass telescope and theodolite tubes, 19th century and later, including part of a brass miners theodolite engraved on the outer scale 'Underlie in a Fathom', the largest 51 cm long
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A Walkers 'Excelsior' speed variation indicator, English, circa 1960, heavy brass casing, enamel face, 14 cm high
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A Victorian brass oil lamp with faceted bowl, 19th century, including the chimney 64 cm high
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A brass surveyor's theolodite by Jean Francois Richer, Paris, 18th century, in a varnished walnut case with brass fixings, the case 9.5 cm high, 21.5 cm wide, 13 cm deep
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An early Bakelite telephone with microphone transmitter, Bailleux no. 20, French, circa 1920, labeled 'Sm. Indlle. Telephones, 25 rue du a Septembre, Paris, Systeme G. Bailleux, no. 20084', mounted on varnished blackwood, 28.5 cm high, 19 cm wide, 13.5 cm deep, note, see Manufacturers catalogue; 'Premier Partie, Apparells Telephoniques', Published 1st January 1897, Paris, p. 28, fig. 30, 31 (illustration)
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A vintage Melbourne cable tram bell punch, first quarter 20th century, inscribed B4997, 13 cm long, note, the automatic recording bell punch, or bell punch as it was commonly called, was an American invention designed and built by J.H. Small of New York. This type of bell punch was used on the Melbourne cable tram system from it's inception in the early 1920's
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A boxed set of biology specimen microscope slides, each slide 8 x 2.5 cm
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A large collection of brass protractors and compasses, comprising nine pieces, the largest 18 cm high
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A surveyors level in a shagreen case, circa 1780, 26 cm long
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An unusual handmade oversize wooden protractor, 32.5 cm long when folded
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A cased brass protractor by W. Mac Donell & Co Sydney, together with two parallel rules, the steel parallel rule by H. Tornaghi& Co, Sydney, the wood and brass by W.H. Harling, London, the largest 7 cm high, 61.5 cm wide
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Four calibration and measuring instruments, early 20th century, including brass circular protractor by 'Carl Werner & Co, Melbourne; made in England', the largest case 41.5 cm long
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A compass with sundial together with another compass and a black lacquered brass protractor by Gebruder Fromme, Wien, 19th century, 21 cm (variable dimensions)
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A collection of four various size woodworking planes, 19th century and later, the largest 55 cm long
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A collection of miniature anvils, comprising twelve pieces, the largest 21 cm high
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Three brass mounted telescopes, 19th century, including J. Harris & Son, London and Ryland & Sons, London, the largest 53 cm long
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