EUROPE, XXème siècle
- Small spyglass in brass and mahogany.
Deployable in four cylinders.
Not signed.
Open length : 40.5 cm - Closed length : 15 cm.
Scratches, some shocks and oxidations.
- Two pairs of theater binoculars in black patinated brass or sheathed in black leather.
Length: 10.5 or 9.5 cm.
Wear to the patina, oxidations, shocks, a cracked ring, a screw of maintenance (black leather) missing.
- KORELLE or FOTH-DERBY
Two cameras.
Very average condition, for parts.
In brown leather cases, reported (used).
ATTACHED:
Four thermometers, three of which are wall-mounted:
- one centigrade and in Reaulur, wall, plate, swivel, graduated glass (reference to 1838).
Signed SECRETAN, Opti[ci]en de S.M. l'Empereur, Paris.
Turntable in molded mahogany.
H. plate: 36 cm - H. plate: 30.8 cm.
- a centigrade, wall-mounted, with a glass tube containing a graduated paper.
Signed RICHEBOURG, Opt[ci]en quai de l'horloge 29, in Paris.
Stained wood turntable.
H. plate : 29.5 cm - H. : tube : 20.5 cm.
- a centigrade, wall-mounted, with a glass tube containing a graduated paper.
Signed O. ROUSSEAU and his sons, in Paris.
Stained wood turntable.
H. plate : 36.8 cm - H. : tube : 30 cm.
- a centigrade 160°, for liquids, with glass tube containing a graduated paper.
Signed RICHEBOURG, Optician Quai de l'Horloge 29, in Paris.
Cylindrical cardboard case.
H. : tube : 34.5 cm.
Provenance :
Laboratory of Auguste VERNEUIL (1856-1913), inventor of synthetic ruby.