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Hall (A.R.) & Simpson (A.D.C.): An Account of The Royal Society's Newton Telescope
O/P. 16 pages, 5 figs., 1995. Sir Isaac Newton is generally credited with the invention of the reflecting telescope. This paper looks at the evidence for the 3 telescopes made by Newton and examines the instrument now in the Royal Society's collection. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K4653 - BX11)

Price: £12.00

Hambly (M.): Drawing Instruments 1580 - 1980
O/P. 206 pages, 175 illustrations, 1988. An excellent book on the subject, essential reading for those interested in the history and development of drawing instruments. A fine copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K4225 - G1)

Price: £60.00

Heal (A.): London Tradesmen's Cards of the xviii Century
O/P. 110 pages, 100 plates, one of 700 copies only, 1925. A pioneering work illustrating 100 London trade cards, including the card of Matthew Gaucheron a clock and watch maker. A good clean copy with light spotting to a few pages, binding very loose along inner hinge lines, edges and corners worn. (Ref: K4680 - B1)

Price: £50.00

Heurck (H. van): The Microscope: Its Construction and management. Including Technique, Photo-Micrography, and the Past and Future of the Microscope (facsimile)

Heurck (H. van): The Microscope: Its Construction and management. Including Technique, Photo-Micrography, and the Past and Future of the Microscope
O/P. 382 pages, over 250 engraved illustrations, frontispiece + 1 plate, facsimile edition, no date. A late 20th century facsimile of the English language edition published in 1893. The instructions for the use of the microscope and its accessories are very clear, and the survey of microscopes then in production is of great interest historically. A very good copy. (Ref: K4509 - E7)

Price: £35.00

Holbrook (M.): Science Preserved - A Directory of Scientific Instruments in Collections in the United Kingdom and Eire
O/P. 271 pages, 139 illustrations, 1992. A very useful publication with an illustrated glossary of more than 50 instrument categories followed by an inventory of 3700 instruments (with location) in collections in the British Isles. A fine copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K3761 - G3)

Price: £20.00

Horský (Z.) & Skopová (O): Astronomy Gnomonics
O/P. 202 pages, 43 plates, 1968. A catalogue of 171 scientific instruments from the 15th to the 19th centuries in the National Technical Museum, Prague. The instruments include astrolabes, astronomical rings, theodololites, telescopes, sundials, nocturnals, globes, etc. The only catalogue, now rare, of this important collection. A good copy with poor dust jacket. (Ref: K2006 - E6)

Price: £65.00

Hunter (M.) & Schaffer (S.) (editors): Robert Hooke New Studies
O/P. 310 pages, 13 plates, 22 figs., 1989. The book consists of 9 studies by different authors on various aspects of Hooke's life and work including Hooke's Instruments for Astronomy and Navigation; Robert Hooke's Longitude Timekeeper; Robert Hooke and Practical Optics; Robert Hooke, Illness and Medicine. A fine copy with good dust jacket (a few stains to front). (Ref: K3576 - L2)

Price: £40.00

Huygens (C):  Horologium Oscillatorium

Huygens (C): Horologium Oscillatorium
O/P. 162 pages, figs., reprinted 1966. A high quality facsimile reprint of Christiaan Huygens' most famous work first published in 1673. A fine copy (with Francis Wadsworth's bookplate inside front cover). [Latin language] (Ref: K2994 - R1)

Price: £95.00
Kent (P.) & Chapman (A.) Editors: Robert Hooke and the English Renaissance

Kent (P.) & Chapman (A.) Editors: Robert Hooke and the English Renaissance
NEW. 191 pages, illustrated, 2005. An interesting book about the life and work of Robert Hooke, whose genius is becoming more and more appreciated. Scientist, architect, town planner, microscopist, astronomer and inventor, Hooke was a true polymath. (Ref: N3515)

Price: £10.00

Krogt (P van der): Old Globes in the Netherlands
O/P. 290 pages, illustrated, 1st English language edition, 1984. A catalogue of terrestrial and celestial globes made prior to 1850 and preserved in Dutch collections. A very good copy with good dust jacket (one small tear). (Ref: K4227 - G2)

Price: £35.00

Leadbetter (C.):  Mechanik Dialling; or, the New Art of Shadows, ....

Leadbetter (C.): Mechanik Dialling; or, the New Art of Shadows, ....
O/P. xi + 148 pages (page size 21 x 12.5 cm), 12 plates, 1773. This is the 4th edition of Charles Leadbetter's well known work. As well as instructions for laying out dials the book has a collection of sundial mottos in English and Latin, the latitude of towns and cities around the world and instructions for painting sundials. This is a very good copy complete with all plates, in an 18th or 19th century full leather binding, neatly re-backed with contemporary spine, leather covered boards a bit rubbed, corners worn.

Order of plates: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,7 ,8 ,9 ,10 & X, XB, 11, 1 [a complete set - this is all the text calls for]

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(Ref: K3022 - M1)

Price: £225.00

Leopold (J.H.): Christiaan Huygens and his Instrument Makers
O/P. pages 221 - 233, 3 figs., 1979. An offprint of a paper presented at a symposium on the Life and Work of Christiaan Huygens held in Amsterdam in 1979. Huygens had clocks made by Salomon Coster, Severyn Oosterwijk, Isaac Thuret, Johannes van Ceulen and others. Very good copy, paper covers. (Ref: K2604 - BX8)

Price: £16.00

Le Syndicat des Constructeurs en Instruments D'Optique & de Précision: L'Industrie Française des Instruments de Précison Catalogue 1901 - 1902

Le Syndicat des Constructeurs en Instruments D'Optique & de Précision: L'Industrie Française des Instruments de Précison Catalogue 1901 - 1902
O/P. 271 pages, illustrated, reprinted 1980. A very useful guide to French scientific instrument making at the start of the 20th century. A fine copy. [French language] (Ref: K2476 - A1)

Price: £75.00

McConnell (A.): Jesse Ramsden (1735 - 1800) London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker
O/P. 318 pages, illustrated, 2007. An excellent biography about the life and work of Jesse Ramsden who made scientific instruments for the major European observatories as well as private clients. This is a detailed account of the scientific instrument trade, in London, in the second half of the eighteenth century. The book also has a chapter on Ramsden's successors - Matthew Berge, James Allen and Nathaniel Worthington. A very good copy (corners lightly bumped) with good dust jacket. (Ref: K4716 - X2)

Price: £50.00

McConnell (A.): R B Bate of the Poultry 1782 - 1847
O/P. 74 pages, 13 illustrations, 1993. The life and times of Robert Brettell Bate, a London scientific instrument maker and chart agent to the Admiralty. An excellent monograph. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1177 - BX8)

Price: £50.00

Mennim (E.): Transit Circle: The Story of William Simms 1793 - 1860

Mennim (E.): Transit Circle: The Story of William Simms 1793 - 1860
NEW. 303 pages, illus., no date. A biography of William Simms senior who entered into partnership with Edward Troughton in 1826. Troughton & Simms made all kinds of scientific instruments but are best remembered for their optical instruments which were sold to observatories around the world. Soft covers. (Ref: N399)

Price: £9.50
Middleton (W.E.K.): A History of the Thermometer and Its Uses in Meteorology

Middleton (W.E.K.): A History of the Thermometer and Its Uses in Meteorology
NEW. 249 pages, figures, originally published in 1966 this is the recent paperback reprint. An interesting work on thermometers and thermometer scales and also a learned tome for weather buffs. Paperback. (Ref: N1801)

Price: £18.00
Millburn (J.R.): Adams of Fleet Street - Instrument Makers to King George III

Millburn (J.R.): Adams of Fleet Street - Instrument Makers to King George III
NEW. 420 pages, illustrated, 2000. An excellent study of the scientific instrument business founded by George Adams in 1734 and continued by his sons George junior and Dudley until 1817. Adams made some of the finest instruments of the 18th century and wrote several technical books. This book reproduces several catalogues by Adams and has a detailed list of publications by the family. With dust jacket. (Ref: N1373)

Price: £80.00
Millburn (J.R.): Benjamin Martin: Author, Instrument-maker, and 'Country Showman'

Millburn (J.R.): Benjamin Martin: Author, Instrument-maker, and 'Country Showman'
O/P. 244 pages, frontis, 8 plates, 7 figs., 1976. Martin was a teacher, author, lecturer - demonstrator and started a scientific instrument making business in London. Martin also wrote tracts on table clocks and dialling as well as designing and making at least two clocks. A fine copy with very good dust jacket (faded to spine). This book is now hard to find.

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(Ref: K3020 - P1)

Price: £160.00

Millburn (J.R.): Retailer of the Sciences - Benjamin Martin's Scientific Instrument Catalogues, 1756 - 82
O/P. 95 pages, 51 figs, limited to 500 copies only, 1986. Benjamin Martin was one of the first retailers of scientific instruments, the catalogues collated here show the wide range of instruments he could supply and their prices. The book also includes the auction sale of his stock in 1782. A very good copy. (Ref: K4224 - D2)

Price: £50.00


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