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SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS FOR THE AGE OF DARWIN, PASTEUR - AND SHERLOCK HOLMES L. Casella, Scientific Instrument Maker. AN ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF SURVEYING, PHILOSOPHICAL, MATHEMATICAL, OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, AND STANDARD METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS, MANUFACTURED BY L. CASELLA, SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY... (London [1871] 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 260 pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover. Extensively illustrated with engraved drawings. Bottom corner of front cover and creased, with bruise on pastedown; smaller crease to upper corner of rear cover; light binding wear and soil; foxing to fore-edge and a some text pages; period engraved bookplate on pastedown. In Good condition overall. Louis Casella was apparently a scientific researchers as well as a manufacturer of scientific instruments. In the 1860s, he annotated a revised classic "essay on dew", and, as the title-page of this Catalogue indicates, at a London International Exhibition in 1862, he won the only prize medal awarded for Registering Meteorological Instruments. Weather instruments were certainly Casella's first love. But by the early 1870s, when this Catalogue appeared, he had branched out to produce instruments in virtually every field of scientific endeavor - this Catalogue being twice as long as one he had issued a decade earlier. Among its offerings: Meteorological Instruments Thermometers: Meteorological, Agricultural, Chemical, Brewing Gauging Instruments Surveying Instruments Sun Dials Nautical Instruments Optical Instruments Spectacles and Eye Glasses Microscopes, Telescopes, Stereoscopes Photographic Apparatus Magic Lanterns and Slides Electrical Machines and Apparatus and Electro-Magnetic Instruments Voltaic or Galvanic Apparatus and Batteries Electro-Metallurgical Instruments Thermo-electrical Instruments and Galvanometers Pneumatic Apparatus Hydrostatics and Hydraulics Diving Apparatus (grouped together with Soda Water and Lemonade Machines!) Models of Steam Engines, Boats, etc. Mineralogy, Geology and Conchology Specific Gravity Instruments Surgical and Medical Instruments Chemical and Assay Balances Chemical Apparatus and India-Rubber Tubing World Globes The illustrations (some of which are grouped together in the scans) are marvellous, reminding me of a cross between Pasteur's laboratory and Sherlock Holmes' sitting room. Scientific Instrument Catalogues from this period are surprisingly uncommon on the rare-book market. We could locate no other 19th century catalogue currently offered for sale by Internet booksellers - only the 1993 reproduction of an 1856 catalogue, priced at $125. A prize for collectors of diverse interests! Authenticity of all items, as described in the above listing, and the accuracy of that description, is guaranteed unconditionally Successful bidder pays for secure packaging and Priority Mail shipping in the US (including Delivery Confirmation or Insurance) with a $5.00 minimum,. International shipping may be arranged - at buyer's risk, unless fully insured California residents must also add 7.75% sales tax Payment must be received no later than 10 days after the close of the auction, or the transaction may be cancelled. Payment by U.S. buyers can be made by Check, Money Order, Visa/Mastercard, or eBay's Billpoint. We cannot accept any other Internet payment service. INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE NOTE: We can accept only credit card payments - either directly or through Billpoint - from buyers outside the United States. If you are not prepared to pay by credit card, please do not bid. offers rare and collectible books, ephemera, autographs and manuscripts on many subjects of interest, but we are especially pleased to present our AMERICAN CENTURY COLLECTION of significant material in all areas of United States history and culture, with emphasis on the years since the Civil War. Please follow this link to OurCentury.Com

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