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194. 19TH CENTURY 3-INCH REFRACTING LIBRARY TELESCOPE


unsigned, with tapering 56in. leather covered tube, star finder, rack-and-pinion fine focus, secured to mahogany tripod stand with mechanical winch action for raising and lowering and ?makers plate inscribed S.PENNY Fortunes Well LEIGH-ON-SEA, approximate height 54in. (137cm.)


£700-900 192 192.


A RARE 18TH-CENTURY NOON DAY CANNON DIAL BY JOLY, LILLE, 1789


the 16in. dial with oxidised-brass fittings comprising meridian arc signed and dated Joly Fecit à Lille 1789 with months delineated and supporting a large burning lens, a pair of split quadrant sundials with gnomons, and a large 1in. (4 bore) diameter cannon with lion passant handles on bedplate, mounted with a locating pin to two- part white marble base and column -- 48in. (122cm.) overall


£8000-12000 193.


A RARE, POSSIBLY UNIQUE, 3-INCH REFRACTING LIBRARY TELESCOPE BY POWELL & LEYLAND, LONDON


signed on top of 40in. main tube as per title, star scope, rack- and-pinion fine focusing, four vary-power eye-pieces including a star diagonal by Broadhurst Clarkson (illustrated), mounted on substantial brass platform with telescopic stabilisers to wooden tripod -- 68in. (172.8cm.) high


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Closely associated with microscopes, this well made telescope is thought to be the only example signed by this firm and may have been a special commission, or possibly an exhibition piece.


£2000-3000 194


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