Many thanks to everyone for helping with this reference list. If I had known there would have been such interest, I would have made one before. I know this is...
I too would like to thank all that contributed to it.... earlier this evening I took a quick look through it and you have all done a great job...... I'll have...
FYI - There's a very unusual section liner (drafting device to draw a series of equally-spaced parallel lines) on ebay, closing today. Very early - patented...
Hi all, back in November I posted a message asking for advice on ways to improve the quality of my photographs, the group responded with suggestions to acquire...
Hi Nick, I can't see any reason for the bracket at present. It certainly doesn't match anything on either of my bar adjusting instruments. Are there any clues...
Hi David, the underside is divided from 1/10, 1/9, 1/8 etc down to 1/2, there is no imprint in the silk of the lid to suggest anything was fitted. Regards Nick...
Yes, I am watching it to see how it sells. I bought an identical one last year and It will be interesting to see if their is a price/ demand increase. Robert...
It may be intended for use by an Artillery Plotter. These were the fellows who used a chart of the fields of fire of an Artillery Battery to direct the crew...
I just had to throw this one out there. It's too funny They say if its too good to be true then it usually is. Over the past couple days listings have popped...
... wrote: Campchair ... compasses. I would never have thought of a military solution to the problem but it makes sense. All I could come up with was a maker...
Hi all, I have just added a link in the members' web sites folder to my new web site. The site has many examples from my collection of drawing instruments,...
I just had time for a quick look at about half of your pages...... VERY NICE.... great job and that sure is a lot of work. Also it is nice to see your fine...
I remember Picture Post! Time marches on! Just to say I've added a few more pictures to my folder. Not the best, not the worst, just felt like hanging a few on...
I just completed my first lecture at the University of Miami. It was for a graduate class studying the history of drawing. I was suprised how bad the state of...
Hi Robert, I have a large number of drafting sets for sale on my web site: www.rose-vintage-instrument.com <http://www.rose-vintage-instrument.com/> I'd be...
I had a site bookmarked for some time. It had some pretty basic stuff in German about compasses. The site was just updated with several large PDF files on...
Hi Robert, Going to the website and then further into its subfiles, I found there is a spot in the upper right corner of at least some of them to click on for...
Robert, Actually, I found only one subfile that one is able to click on for an English translation: Mathematisch-Physikalichen Salon. I noticed an email...
If you want your collection to be REALLY complete, you should look at item #150091861908 on ebay. It's a (see if you can guess) (spoiler below) It's a really...
... What you win: Every bidder wins, Once THIS auction ends and we are ready to list this item for sale, all paying bidders will receive an explanation of what...
Check out item #190084733443 on ebay - what a wild pair of dividers - elegant, though ... Its what we in engineering used to call A Solution In Search Of A...
I saw those yesterday as well.. I would call it a "Wankavator". No, not an elevator. An elevator only goes up and down, but a Wankavator goes upways, downways,...
There's a neat pair of proportional dividers with offset tips on ebay, item number 190085452241. Never seen this type before, or ever heard of the patent. ...
Allan, Back in the first of January you posted a photo of an odd compass attachment. No one had any real good idea what it wa used for. I just saw an esser...
Is there any reason why some of the German and Swiss sets of the early 1800's had little dimples or even holes drilled through the thumb preassure points of...
