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Standard Company Name: Troughton & Simms
Company Name: Troughton & Simms
Title: [Catalog]
Imprint: England (London: 1897)
Pagination and Size: 12 p.; 26 x 18 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: levels and theodolites
Notes: Item Number: 51626. Includes prices; description of instruments; Pictures inserted; Picture with hand written note inserted.
Subject Area: Surveying
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Standard Company Name: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company
Company Name: The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, Ltd.
Title: TheMeasurement of Temperature by Electrical Means
Imprint: England (Cambridge: 1902)
Pagination and Size: 43 p.; 21 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: electrical thermometers
Notes: Item Number: 51608. Includes price list; description of instruments; price changes inserted.
Subject Area: Electricity ; Engineering
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Standard Company Name: H.B. & W.O. Chamberlain
Company Name: H.B. & W.O. Chamberlain
Title: Catalogue of Chemical Apparatus
Imprint: United States (Boston, MA: 18--)
Pagination and Size: 30 p.; 24 x 15 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: alkalimeters, balance scales and hydrometers
Notes: Item Number: 51770. Includes preface; abbreviations; prices.
Subject Area: Chemistry
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Standard Company Name: L.P. Casella & Co.
Company Name: L. Casella
Title: List, with Notes, of Standard Meteorological and other Instruments / For Observatories, Travellers and Explorers and the Army and Navy
Imprint: England (London: 188?)
Pagination and Size: 76 p.; 25 x 16 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: barometers, thermometers and anemometers
Notes: Item Number: 51773. Includes contents; prices; index; description of instruments; meteorology book list; supplemental price list inserted.
Subject Area: Meteorology ; Geophysics
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Standard Company Name: John A. Brashear Company Ltd.
Company Name: John A. Brashear Company, Ltd.
Title: Catalogue Optical, Physical, Astrophysical and Astronomical Instruments
Imprint: United States (Allegheny, PA: 1906)
Pagination and Size: 44 p.; 23 x 16 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: telescopes, spectroscopes and astronomical cameras
Notes: Item Number: 51774. Includes introduction; prices.
Subject Area: Astronomy ; Spectroscopy ; Photography
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Standard Company Name: Bardou & Son
Company Name: Bardou & Son
Title: TheTelescopes of Bardou & Son
Imprint: France (Paris: 1911)
Pagination and Size: 30 p.; 24 x 17 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: telescopes
Notes: Item Number: 51784. Includes introduction; description of instrument; prices; quick reference index.
Subject Area: Astronomy ; Optics
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Standard Company Name: Bardou & Son
Company Name: Bardou & Son
Title: TheTelescopes of Bardou & Son
Imprint: France (Paris: 1911)
Pagination and Size: 30 p.; 24 x 17 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: telescopes
Notes: Item Number: 51785. Includes introduction; description of instrument; prices; quick reference index; importers & manufacturers agents; wholesale price list inserted.
Subject Area: Astronomy ; Optics
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Standard Company Name: German Educational Exhibition
Company Name: German Educational Exhibition
Title: Scientific Instruments
Imprint: United States (St. Louis, MO: 1904)
Pagination and Size: 221 p.; 22 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: theodolites, spectrometers and projectors
Notes: Item Number: 52495. Includes introduction; index; instruments exhibited; floor plan of German exhibits.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education ; Surveying
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Standard Company Name: Cooke Optics Ltd.
Company Name: T. Cooke & Sons
Title: Illustrated Catalogue of Telescopes, Observatories, Transit Instruments, Spectroscopes, Theodolites, Levels, Levelling Staves, Clinometers and other Astronomical and Scientific Instruments
Imprint: England (York: 1886)
Pagination and Size: 56 p.; 27 x 19 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: telescopes, theodolites and levels
Notes: Item Number: 52498. Includes description of instruments; prices; index; Photograph of telescope inserted.
Subject Area: Astronomy ; Spectroscopy ; Surveying
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Standard Company Name: The Gaertner Scientific Corporation
Company Name: Wm. Gaertner & Co.
Title: Astronomical and Astrophysical Instruments
Imprint: United States (Chicago, IL: 19--)
Pagination and Size: 48 p.; 24 x 17 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: telescopes, micrometers and spectroscopes
Notes: Item Number: 52523. Includes terms; introduction; general specifications; details of construction; description of instruments; weight of instruments; Linear and Circular Dividing Machine flier inserted; Address label inserted.
Subject Area: Astronomy ; Microscopy ; Spectroscopy
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Standard Company Name: J.L. Hammett Co.
Company Name: J. L. Hammett
Title: Illustrated Catalogue of School Merchandise
Imprint: United States (Boston, MA: 187-)
Pagination and Size: 50 p.; 24 x 15 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: school desks, student microscopes and school books
Notes: Item Number: 52528. Includes bound pages from catalogs of various other manufacturers; description of instruments and furniture; prices; testimonials.
Subject Area: Education ; Physics ; Microscopy
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Standard Company Name: James W. Queen & Company
Company Name: James W. Queen & Co.
Title: Priced and illustrated catalogue of physical instruments / Chemicals and chemical apparatus and school apparatus generally
Imprint: United States (Philadelphia, PA: 1884)
Pagination and Size: 253 p.; 23 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: gyroscopes, magnets and thermometers
Notes: Item Number: 52536. Twenty-eighth edition; Includes notice; preface; testimonials; description of instruments; prices; catalogue of scientific books and works of reference.
Subject Area: Physics ; Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: James W. Queen & Company
Company Name: James W. Queen & Co.
Title: Priced and illustrated catalogue of astronomical telescopes
Imprint: United States (Philadelphia, PA: 1884)
Pagination and Size: 35 p.; 23 x 15 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: telescopes, helioscopes and astronomical clocks
Notes: Item Number: 52538. Supplement to part second; Includes notice; description of instruments; history, construction and use of instruments; prices; list of stars, clusters and nebulae; hints on observation.
Subject Area: Astronomy ; Optics
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Standard Company Name: William Y. McAllister (Firm)
Company Name: William Y. McAllister
Title: Priced and illustrated catalogue of optical instruments, spectacles and eye-glasses / All kinds of thermometers, aneroid and mercurial barometers. Ophthalmoscopes, trial sets, etc., etc. Standard meteorological instruments
Imprint: United States (Philadelphia, PA: 1882)
Pagination and Size: 71 p.; 23 x 15 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: eye glasses, opera glasses and spy glasses
Notes: Item Number: 52541. Includes notice; test type examination charts; description of instruments; description of eye examinations; prices; books on the eye; index.
Subject Area: Optics ; Medical Apparatus ; Meteorology
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Standard Company Name: E.S. Ritchie & Sons, Inc.
Company Name: E.S. Ritchie
Title: E.S. Ritchie's Catalogue
Imprint: United States (: 1900)
Pagination and Size: 63 p.; 22 x 14 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types:
Notes: Item Number: 52555. Includes prices.
Subject Area: Physics ; Education
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Standard Company Name: Scientific Materials Company
Company Name: Scientific Materials Company
Title: Scimatco Series of New and Improved Apparatus for Educational Laboratories
Imprint: United States (Pittsburgh, PA: 1914)
Pagination and Size: 16 p.; 27.5 x 21 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types:
Notes: Item Number: 52557. Includes prices; Includes inserts on company's research department; insert on "reagent bottles" and "metallography tables".
Subject Area: Chemistry ; Education
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Standard Company Name: The Scientific Shop
Company Name: The Scientific Shop
Title: Catalogue D, Optical Parts
Imprint: United States (Chigaco, IL: 1907)
Pagination and Size: 48 p.; 23 x 15.5 cm
Material Type and Language: Trade catalogs; English
Instrument Types: Instruments represented: lenses, prisms, eyepieces, etc.
Notes: Item Number: 52558. Includes prices and descriptions.
Subject Area: Physics ; Optics
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