Robert, It's clearly the same item. There's no way there are two identical ones or they wouldn't be described as unique. They are very rare and the asking...
2847
rpilla001
Jan 21, 2010 4:12 pm
Dave, I am sure you are correct. I have been out of the loop for some time now and not purchased anything in 2 years. Money is tight and storage is short....
2848
rpilla001
Jan 21, 2010 4:14 pm
Dave, I am sure you are correct. I have been out of the loop for some time now and not purchased anything in 2 years. Money is tight and storage is short....
2849
weymouthdavid
Jan 24, 2010 4:57 pm
I am uploading pictures of a 26" brass pantograph signed C Blunt, Tavistock Strt, London, which I have just obtained. Charles Blunt is known to have been in...
2850
collectingken
Feb 1, 2010 11:41 pm
Just a quick update, the instruments are currently on display at the library of the US Naval Observatory, and will be through the month of February. I have...
2851
collectingken
Feb 3, 2010 5:04 am
I have made quite a few revisions to the timeline below and while still far from complete it is getting there. As I get this more complete I will add images...
2852
planimetrica
Feb 21, 2010 9:17 pm
I've just posted pics of my acquistion today of a rather old set, probably French dating from 1700s I think. The case is covered with tooled leather and lined...
2853
WmR
wmrrob
Feb 22, 2010 7:30 pm
That is a Very Nice set..... Why do you call it French? Is it signed? I have one set with the same type of chamois covered case that I was told and even bought...
2854
planimetrica
Feb 22, 2010 9:26 pm
WmR, Thanks for looking. My unsigned set resembles the one described as being French (ca. 1750) on page 58 of "Preziosen der Handwerkskunst"; (this is the...
2855
WmR
wmrrob
Feb 23, 2010 11:57 pm
This is why I love this type of sharing of information....... your post made me take a closer look at a set that I had packed away (for not being so...
2856
WmR
wmrrob
Feb 26, 2010 4:05 am
Thank you very much for the photos... my case has one of the "wire" latch hooks on it and I thought it was a replacement but maybe not based on your photo. The...
2857
planimetrica
Feb 26, 2010 8:56 pm
Bill, I was too knackered yesterday to write anything, but at least got a chance to post the pictures. I've been admiring your sets, the smaller one a sliding...
2858
WmR
wmrrob
Mar 1, 2010 5:13 am
Hi John Not sure weather the term "knackered" means not feeling well, very tired or drunk? but anyway I hope you are feeling better. The box from the set you...
2859
David
dveret
Mar 3, 2010 11:44 pm
For any collectors traveling near New Haven Connecticut between now and May the "Compass and Rule - Architecture as Mathematical Art" opened Wednesday 24 Feb...
2860
WmR
wmrrob
Mar 4, 2010 1:02 am
I am to be in Ct. just a few days after it closes........ I might have to adjust some plans? How many instruments are in the exhibit and what did you think of...
2861
David
dveret
Mar 4, 2010 1:43 am
The proper link is http://www.ycba.yale.edu...
2862
David
dveret
Mar 4, 2010 1:51 am
I have had the book since the show opened in Oxford and enjoyed reading it and was happy to see it come to the U.S. since I couldn't make it to Oxford during...
2863
David
dveret
Mar 4, 2010 2:22 am
My memory is failing me tonight. I should have refered to the catalog when noting the title. The correct title is "Compass and Rule: Architecture as...
2864
TomS
tjstanton1953
Mar 4, 2010 4:04 am
Searching with Bing you get quite a lot of news back but little text and just a few images...can't make CT so it's on to Amazon for the book....
2865
David
weymouthdavid
Mar 4, 2010 10:41 am
I would like to echo David Thompson's recommendation. The exhibition is superb. I was involved to a small extent as I did the drawing for the video showing two...
2866
John Bateman
john500566
Mar 4, 2010 7:32 pm
Although I have missed the exhibitions, I would like to know where the catalogue can be bought. John...
2867
thompson0122@...
dveret
Mar 5, 2010 12:29 am
Amazon or the Museum. but Amazon is cheaper David Thompson Severna Park, MD USA On Mar 4, 2010, John Bateman <artefact35@...> wrote: Although I have...
2868
David
weymouthdavid
Mar 10, 2010 12:00 pm
I have uploaded two pictures to my album of my Houghton's Ltd, London cavalry sketching case (sketching board) no.4502 dated 1913 and marked with the broad...
2869
jetpack_5
Mar 29, 2010 3:29 am
Hi Everyone, I am looking for any technical information, manuals, parts list & explosion drawings or someone who has restored one of these or knows where to...
2870
collectingken
Mar 29, 2010 3:59 am
I'll take a look through some papers at home when I have the chance. I might have a brief manual on them but I'm not sure. I've always much prefered the Vemco...
2871
Dick Rose
dickrose2
Mar 29, 2010 12:38 pm
Hi, I have the three following documents. Which is what you need? http://www.rose-vintage-instruments.com/newlook/viewitem.php?id=3569 ...
2872
collectingken
Mar 31, 2010 3:46 am
I didn't have any luck, all I could find was for Vemco and Bruning, but it looks like Dick probably has you covered....
2873
jetpack_5
Mar 31, 2010 11:27 am
Thanks Ken! I appreciate the effort! Sometimes I wished I had bought a Vemco or Bruning but you are right, Dick seems to have what I need to restore the arm....
2874
David
weymouthdavid
Apr 17, 2010 11:09 am
I have posted pictures of two of my recent acquisitions. The first is a Stockman & Doyles' Spacing Parallel Rule, the second is a fine folding arm protractor...
2875
John MacDonald
macdonjm
Apr 17, 2010 5:48 pm
I picked up a small 45 degree set-square at at car boot sale this morning for the princely sum of 50p. It is a wooden frame with a plastic edge fitted into a...
