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A DEELEY’S PATENT FRICTION TESTING MACHINE BY J.H. STEWARD LTD, LONDON, C.1919


with 5in. diameter open-work dial calibrated from 0-100, maker’s plate, sprung axis and lower plate drive with crank, contained in fitted mahogany case with quantity of steel discs to fit lower turntable -- 8½ x 19in. (21.5 x 48cm.) copy of original patent specification


The Patent states: This invention relates to improvements in machines for ascertaining the friction between opposing surfaces, either when clean or when lubricated... A similar machine can be seen in the Harvard’s History of Science Museum, item number DW0541a.


£200-400


228 A 19TH-CENTURY ELECTRIC ‘CURE’ BY J. FOWLER, CHESHAM


signed as per title on output level dial top right, with large magnet, geared cog wheels, hand/finger conductors and pointed conductors with plug, crank with bone handle to reverse, three levers to adjust ?output levels and contact points to top -- 13in. (33cm.) high


£200-£300 229. A COPPER AND BRASS MODEL ATOM


after the Atomium monument in Brussels mounted on weighted stepped plinth --18½in. (47cm.) high


This model is based on the structure in Brussels, Belgium; commissioned initially as a temporary structure for the Epo/World Trade Fair of 1958 it was designed by Andre Waterkeyn and Les Atchitectes Polak and is a visual representation of an atom comprising nine inter-connected spheres. The monument today stands as a modern day symbol of Belgium.


£400-600 230.


A LARGE 19TH-CENTURY ARTIST’S LAY FIGURE


carved in fruitwood, the limbs with pinned ball-joints, swivelling torso and head -- 33in. (84cm.) high £2000-2500


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