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England Early 1900 Brass Galvanometer Antique Physic Measuring Instrument
By Philip Harris Ltd.
Located in Milan, IT
Moving coil brass galvanometer with three-screw base, instrument signed Philip Harris Ltd
Category
Early 20th Century British Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
Stick Barometer Mahogany Board Antique Weather Measuring Instrument J. Ramsden
By Jesse Ramsden
Located in Milan, IT
fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure.
Man, as farmer or
Category
1780s Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 39.38 in W 4.34 in D 1.58 in
19th Century Mahogany Barometer F Somalvico Antique Weather Measuring Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure.
Category
1810s British Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
H 48.43 in W 14.18 in D 3.35 in
Refractor Polarimeter Physic Measuring Instrument Made by Steindorff & Co 1920s
Located in Milan, IT
D.R.P. Germany, 1920s. It is an antique instrument used to determine the concentration of sucrose and
Category
1920s German Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 7.09 in W 14.18 in D 8.67 in
Galvanometer Antique Measuring Instrument Used for Telegraph Cables 1850 circa
Located in Milan, IT
Vertical mirror galvanometer made in 1850 circa, oak and glass, three adjustable screws at the base. Tool constituted by a magnet bar movable inside a coil and connected to a needle....
Category
1850s British Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 11.42 in W 5.12 in D 2.76 in
Actinometer Antique Measuring Instrument made by Griffin & Tatlock London in 30s
By Griffin & Tatlock ltd
Located in Milan, IT
instrument invented in 1825 by John Herschel and used for the measurement of the solar heat. Very good
Category
1930s British Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 1.58 in
Italy 1930s Ing Ferrero Double Strain Gauge Original Box Measuring Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
, in its original box complete with accessories and magnifying glass.
It is an instrument used to
Category
1930s Italian Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 3.15 in W 10.95 in D 8.67 in
19th Century Wooden English Barometer Antique Forecast Weather Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden barometer measuring instrument English manufacture made in the mid 19th century, silver
Category
1850s British Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 41.74 in W 12.21 in D 1.97 in
Italian Brass Land-Surveyor Instrument Made in 1860 with its Original Walnut Box
Located in Milan, IT
Land-surveyor squaring, measuring instrument made of brass, Italian manufacture, from the second
Category
1860s Italian Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 4.34 in W 4.34 in D 7.49 in
Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer Set by Gleizes
By E. Gleizes Paris
Located in London, GB
further measuring instruments for temperature etc, line the lengths. Beautifully shaped, with delighful
Category
19th Century French Rococo Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Ormolu
H 45.28 in W 11.82 in D 2.76 in
Early 20th-Century English Sovereign Balance Scale by Harrison
Located in Atlanta, GA
piece of British numismatic history, this scale is perfect for collectors of antique measuring
Category
20th Century English Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
Measuring Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This French early wooden measuring stand is a marvelous blend of utility and minimalistic design
Category
Early 1900s French Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Metal
Fine Circular Protractor by William Cary, London c.1810
By Cary
Located in Norwich, GB
including mechanical calculators, measuring instruments, telescopes, microscopes and navigation and
Category
1810s English Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
Pharmacy Child Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Pharmacy Child Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre
Once these along with
Category
1890s Industrial Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Beech
Pharmacy Height Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Pharmacy Height Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre
Once these along with
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Used Measuring Instruments
Victorian Bronze Imperial Standard Bushel Measure
Located in Essex, MA
Impressively large bushel measure for the County Of Gloucester, England. Inscribed
"Imperial
Category
1850s English Victorian Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Imperial Gallon Measure, Calcutta Mint
Located in Essex, MA
British controlled India weights and measures Imperial Gallon Measure. F.70 #78. With cover
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Collection of Vintage Leather Measuring Tapes
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Collection of four vintage leather measuring tapes. Two have metal tape and two have cloth
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Metal
American Victorian Scale and Height Measure
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian standing scale with mahogany center post and brass weight and height measure
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
19th Century Italian Height Measuring Apparatus
Located in Atlanta, GA
An intriguing 19th century Italian apparatus for measuring one's height in centimeters. Soundly
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Compass with Pocket Sundial, with Case, Bronze, Butterfield, Michael '1635-1724'
Located in Madrid, ES
mathematician who made measuring instruments based in Paris from the last quarter of the 17th century who
Category
Early 18th Century French Neoclassical Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Other
H 2.96 in W 3.35 in D 0.79 in
Surveyor's Poles/Logging Measuring Stick c.1940
By Keuffel and Esser Co. 1
Located in San Francisco, CA
measuring stick. The other wider all wood yellow surveyor pole is fixed. The logging measuring stick is
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
Copper & brass fuel measures by Sutherland Astell
Located in London, GB
Two copper and brass metric "Checkpump" fuel measures by Sutherland Astell, circa 1950.
Made for
Category
Mid-20th Century English Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass, Copper
Early 20th Century English Telescoping Surveyors Measure
Located in Burton, TX
Telescoping surveyors measuring staff made of wood with brass fittings. Marked 'Houghton-Butcher
Category
Early 20th Century English Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century English Telescoping Surveyors Measure
Located in Burton, TX
Telescoping surveyors measuring staff made of wood with brass fittings. Marked 'Houghton-Butcher
Category
Early 20th Century English Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
1950s Olympic Tape Measure Peoples Republic of China
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Tricle Bakelite Olympic Tape Measure
made Peoples Republic of China
Cover made from
Category
1950s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique Telescope, Large, Single Draw Refractor, Cary London, circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
equipment, mechanical calculators and measuring instruments.
Working out of The Strand, London, England
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 29.93 in W 2.21 in D 2.21 in
Vintage Woman Figurine Lady Sewing Tailor Tape Measure
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Very charming small figurine of a lady that functions as a tape measure. This vintage piece was
Category
Early 20th Century German Folk Art Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Plastic
Folding Boxwood & Brass Shoe Size Measure, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century folding cobbler's boxwood and brass shoe size measure, for the French market
Category
Late 19th Century English Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Boxwood
Vintage Stereoscope Bar Parallax, Scientific Instrument, JM Glauser, London
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage stereoscope bar parallax. An English, brass scientific instrument for measuring
Category
1950s English Other Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 3.15 in W 2.56 in D 16.15 in
19th Century Feench Barometer Antique Scientific Instrument Weather Misure
Located in Milan, IT
fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure.
Category
1850s French Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 37.01 in W 10.36 in D 2.37 in
Antique Pharmacist's Medicine Cup, English, Glass, Apothecary Measure, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique pharmacist's medicine cup. An English, glass and leather apothecary measure
Category
Late 19th Century British Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Glass
H 2.56 in W 2.76 in D 2.76 in
1860s Torricellian Barometer Oak Wood Negretti & Zambra Old Weather Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure.
Man, as farmer or
Category
1860s British Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Oak
H 38.59 in W 10.63 in D 1.97 in
System walking stick with grain measuring the function, France 1820.
Located in Milan, IT
System walking stick: stick with grain measuring function. Oak wood barrel, graduated on the
Category
Early 19th Century French Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass, Iron
1820-35 Large Clock Barometer by Silvani Brighton Antique Forecast Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
), mathematician and physicist, Galileo’s disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure
Category
1840s British Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
H 47.64 in W 14.18 in D 3.15 in
Alnmått (Cubit measure) in iron with gilded details. Baroque, dated 1731
Located in Knivsta, SE
Swedish Alnmått (Cubit measure) in iron with gilded details. Baroque, dated 1731. Provenance: Baron
Category
1730s Swedish Baroque Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Iron
H 0.6 in W 28.35 in D 0.2 in
Alnmått (Cubit measure) in Birch with a Noble Crown. Gustavian, dated 1783
Located in Knivsta, SE
.
An instrument used for measuring, traditionally called Alnmått, consisting of curved work worked
Category
1780s Swedish Gustavian Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 0.6 in W 29.14 in D 1.19 in
Set of four imperial fuel standard measures by Gaskell & Chambers in case
Located in London, GB
A set of four copper and brass CHEKPUMP imperial fuel standard measures, by Gaskell & Chambers
Category
Early 20th Century English Industrial Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Gilbert & Barker Red Self Measuring Type 208 Vintage Curbside Gas Pump
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Gilbert & Barker Red Self Measuring Type 208 Vintage Curbside Gas Pump. Item featured
Category
Early 1900s Art Deco Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Metal
H 56 in W 15 in D 15 in
Imperial Sand & Ballast Measure by De Grave Short & Co Ltd of London
By De Grave Short, Fanner & Co.
Located in London, GB
A rare sand and ballast measure by De Grave Short & Co Ltd of London, circa 1940.
Measures one
Category
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Oak
Vintage 2-in-1 Pendant Map Measure, German, Navigational Tool, Mid Century, 1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 2-in-1 pendant map measure. A West German, cast metal and glass navigational
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Metal
H 3.15 in W 1.78 in D 0.4 in
18th Century antique primitive wooden measure box dated 1784
Located in Boden, SE
measuring instruments met the standard. Approved tools were stamped with special stamps.
Wooden measures, so
Category
1780s Swedish Folk Art Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Pine
A Bronze Sculpture of a Seated Female Scholar, France Late 19th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
some remnants of gilt highlights with an ebonized wood base. The seated figure with orb and measuring
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique French Brass and Iron Balance Scale with Weights
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
, and weights.
Testut was a French company manufacturing and marketing measuring instruments (weighing
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass
Holland Circle by Baumann and Kinzelbach
Located in New Orleans, LA
surveying and is a precursor to the theodolite, an optical instrument for measuring angles. Baumann and
Category
19th Century German Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Fine Hardwood Drum
Located in Bridgeport, CT
several wood peg inserts to achieve tension. The Drum excellent sound. A Rare and extraordinary Instrument
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Tribal Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique Spectacle Lenses Eye Glass Optometrist tool set
Located in Norwalk, CT
Salmon Bros London, A beautiful cased instrument for measuring the sight to determine the need for
Category
Early 20th Century English Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Glass
Dutch 19th Century Carved Wooden Barometer
Located in Delft, NL
scene of fruits and scrolls
A barometer is a scientific instrument used to measure air pressure in a
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Wood
Anemometer 1950 Coal Mining Vintage Science Equipment in Brass and Steel
Located in Miami, FL
an instrument that measures wind speed and wind pressure. Anemometers are important tools for
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
H 4.5 in W 3.25 in D 1.14 in
Antique Terrestrial Globe Published in 1940s by Girard Barrère et Thomas, Paris
Located in Milan, IT
understand the world where they live, and they used all possible instruments to measure the space around and
Category
1940s French Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century J. H. Stewar Barometer and Thermometer Antique Weather Misure
Located in Milan, IT
disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure.
Man, as
Category
1880s British Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 39.38 in W 7.01 in D 7.01 in
Early 20th Century French Carved Black Forest Hunting Barometer and Thermometer
Located in Birmingham, AL
. The central section features the barometer, known as an aneroid barometer, an instrument used for
Category
Early 1900s French Black Forest Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Walnut
H 29.5 in W 14.5 in D 3 in
20th Century Industrial Metal Box
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
used to store measuring instruments used in tramway construction and track laying.
Today it is a very
Category
20th Century German Industrial Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Metal
"Musical instrument" by Robert Roesch
By Robert Roesch
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Robert Roesch (1946)
untitled "musical instrument"
Patinated bronze
Measure: Height 34.5 in
Category
1980s Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Measuring Stick
Located in London, GB
sorts. Believed to be used as an instrument to measure bags of grain from the Tibetan regions. Both ends
Category
Early 19th Century Tibetan Folk Art Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Style Copper Veglia Table Clock from Fratelli Borletti Milan
By Rodolfo Bonetto
Located in Roma, IT
, under the Veglia brand, included not only watches but also car and measuring instruments.
The company
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Copper
17th Century Dutch Map of Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and Dalmatian Coast
By Theodorus Danckerts
Located in Alamo, CA
in the bottom left is also illustrated with a cherub with measuring instruments. Various ships can be
Category
1690s Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Engraving
H 18.13 in W 31.25 in D 1.38 in
Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and Dalmatian Coast: A 17th Century Dutch Map
By Theodorus Danckerts
Located in Alamo, CA
scale in the bottom left is also illustrated with a cherub with measuring instruments. Various ships can
Category
Late 17th Century Dutch Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Paper
H 18.13 in W 31.25 in D 1.38 in
Jaeger LeCoultre Inline Skeleton Clock
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Amersham, GB
create high-quality timepieces. In 1844, he invented the world's most precise measuring instrument at the
Category
1990s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Lladro, Spain, Four Porcelain Figurines, Children with Instruments, 1980s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Lladro, Spain. Four porcelain figurines. Children with instruments, 1980s.
Largest measures: 23 x
Category
1980s Spanish Used Measuring Instruments
Materials
Porcelain
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Used Measuring Instruments For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of used measuring instruments available for sale. Each of these unique used measuring instruments was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and brass. There are all kinds of used measuring instruments available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of used measuring instruments to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Industrial, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern used measuring instruments are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made used measuring instruments over the years, but those made by Philip Harris Ltd., A. Lietz Co. and Aitchison are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Used Measuring Instruments?
Prices for used measuring instruments start at $195 and top out at $14,000 with the average selling for $1,053.
Questions About Used Measuring Instruments
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A balance scale is used to measure weight. The item you want to weigh is placed on one side of the scale, then the scale is balanced using labeled weights on the other side. Once the scale balances, the weight of the labeled weights tells you the weight of the item. Shop for a range of balance scales from sellers around the world on 1stDibs.