Offered at auction, a beautifully mounted vintage microscope slide of selected and arranged diatoms, "Arachnoidiscus Ornatus ~ South Africa", mounted in 1948 by noted diatomist R.I. Firth. The diatoms

 

This is a mint condition 1908 K&E Survey Compass Model# 5308 with the Model# 5312 Out-keeper or tally register (photo #3). The set also includes the Model#5350 hardwood Jacob staff. Comes complete

 

This is a pair of old opera glasses. They are marked as shown and as in condition. Don't know much more about them. USA only,lower 48. NO bidders with 0 feedback.

 

Boxed Vintage Weiss & Son and Grieshaber Surgical Medical Instruments There are six tools in total, one is marked Weiss, four Grieshaber and one made by Spicer, London. The Weiss & Son wooden

 

You are bidding on a miners AUTO-LITE carbide lamp. It stands appr.4" high,comes with a 2 1/2"reflector with working striker..Great working lamp,with couple of small dents and some dings from use. On

 

Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by Nature, by Rev. J.G. Wood. London: William Glaisher, 1903. A very rare book. I've never really seen a book quite like this before. His thesis seems t

 

This is a dated 1917 heavy metal "NEVADA MINE SIGNAL BELL SIGN" It was manufactured and stamped by the famous Stonehouse Sign Company of Denver, Colorado. Stonehouse was the most prolific mining sign

 

DescriptionWelcome & Thank You for Shopping In the USA! A beautiful original 1925 Prohibition Prescription for Spirits Frumenti, the US pharmaceutical term for Whiskey...Oi (pint)...FZii (2 fluid

 

Here is a rare find: an original canary cage used by miner's to detect methane and other noxious gases in mines - especially when mining new veins; these gases would affect the bird before miners. Thi

 

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