Sales catalogue: Glendining

Date:: 1-2 October 1934

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/8/199

Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Glendining. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Lor scribe’s carrying ink pot, fine old specimen in- laid with pearl decorated with bead-work 324) Old mechanical bellows 325 European 16th century halbard, with blade engraved with a coat-of-arms and .the date 1563, much worn, and a large bladed Partizan, from the collection of the late Sir Mayron Wilson, of Charlton House bladed ceremonial spear (327 «Three long spears, from the Burmese Hills, one partly cased with silver, these are very rare 328 Curious trident bronze spear in imitation of a 16th century European “ military fork,” and a silver mounted spear, both from Celebes 329 Very rare spear, from Cochin China, with shagreen mount, and another with sheath, from Siam 530, The original demonstration planetarium, made by by A. R. Nicholas, the patentee, after many years of research and expense. The patent was granted in 1908, and since then the apparatus has been demonstrated before several learned societies by the inventor, and is considered to be the only instrument that shows with precision, the movements of the earth and moon. The sun is represented by an electric light, and an in- genious device produces the correct light and shadow upon the moon’s surface, the whole being timed to work as in nature j Absolutely unique, and an instrument of scientific wnportance 33¥ Case of parts belonging to an earlier experimental | machine made before the above was perfected

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