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Antique movie projector Antique movie projector isolated over white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 7547130
Antique movie projector Antique movie projector isolated over white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 7547130
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Plate folding camera, 9 x 12 cm, made of wood, produced around 1890 by an anonymous manufacturer, used for large format photography.Model of a cross-section through an armoured turret. This model offers a glimpse into the armoured turret on the turret ram Prins Hendrik der Nederlanden, the Royal Netherlands Navys first ironclad ship. The vessel was built in 1866-1867 at the Laird Brothers yard in Britain, after a design by Laird and the Dutch engineer B.J. Tideman. The Prins Hendrik der Nederlanden was fitted with two of these turrets, each housing two guns with a 23 cm calibre.Box camera by Max Jurnick, made of wood around 1889, measuring 6 x 6 cm. Designed for compact, early photography, it features wooden construction and a simple shutter for image capture.Model of a spindle tool, Anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1820Wooden stereo camera 'Delta' by Dr. Rudolf Krügener, measuring 9 x 18 cm, featuring guillotine closure, produced around 1898.Model of an Optical Telegraph for Ships. Model of an optical telegraph, on pedestal. The pole, made of iron, can imagine a mast or flagpole, to which the moving parts are attached. Four square wooden plates are attached to a RA, where they can turn around. With levers below they can be set in three positions: upright, horizontal or hanging.Old coffee grinder for manual operationModel of a cross-section through an armoured turret, Adriaan Rosel, 1868 - 1869 gunmodel. demonstration model Polychromed model of half a gun umbrella for complete turning circle, on ground board. The turning circle has four and twenty rolls and a rack on the outside; The tower rotates with a mechanism with a crank on the outside. The armored walls of the tower are indicated with paint, there are grilles on top, inside it has a floor on which the metal sliding sled with cannon. The cannon is a model of a 23 cm Armstrong front loader. The sledge is equipped with a braking device for the recuula. Scale 1:50 (scale on model). Rijkswerf (Willemsoord) wood (plant material). brass (alloy). iron (metal)Obsolete camera close-upModel of a Slide for a Gun Carriage of a Coastal Battery.Model of the underled of a cannon of a coastal battery, incomplete. It consists of a rectangular frame with brass attachment; The beams in the longitudinal direction have upward ends. The batter for the baking iron is applied to the rear beam. For the baking, the carriage has a hole for a swivel spindle in the crossbar, and fitting for two swivel castors in the raised crossbar behind: the shafts of the wheels are radially relative to the zwandkenpunt.Concertina. Culture: British. Dimensions: H. 15.2 x W. 11.4 x D. 12.7 cm (6 x 4 1/2 x 5 in.). Maker: Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875). Date: 1855-60.Wheatstone designed this instrument between 1850 and 1855 to play duets and accompany melodies. Just as with a regular English concertina, pressure and suction give the same note on two different reeds. Both hands nominally play the same twelve notes, but those played with the right hand sound an octave higher.Wheatstone was not only a physicist and manufacturer but also carried on a publishing business. Soon after 1850 he published an instruction book for the duet concertina and twelve books of arrangements of popular music to promote the introduction of this model. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Antique movie projector Antique movie projector isolated over white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 7547130Model of a Chain stopper. Model of a chain stopper between two decks, identical to NG-MC-621-1. Consisting of a slide for the chain on a bobbin and continuously through the starboard hole, and a heavy devil claw hanging on a bobbin to the ship's wall; The claw has been compiled as a kind of scissors with a screw with two threads through the legs, with which the distance between the legs can be controlled. A bracket over the necklace guarantees the claw against the upright side of the bobbin; The bracket is secured with a gaffel, which is captured by a hoist on the deckbar. Scale 1:10 (estimation).Puzzle Box' still bank, 20th century, 3 x 3 x 3 in. (7.62 x 7.62 x 7.62 cm), Wood, United States (probably), 20th centuryModel of Steering Gear, anonymous, 1820 - 1858 demonstration model Technical model with rough representation of a stern with a wounded mirror and hollow wulf and two decks. Straight with a toothed quadrant mounted on the square Roerkop. The steering wheel is mounted horizontally; A small gear on the ash grabs in the quadrant of the rudder. Netherlands (possibly) wood (plant material). brass (alloy)Close-up of an antique slot machineInkboxA 9 x 12 cm wooden two-eyed SLR camera Cosmopolite produced by Emile Français after 1889, showing dual-lens design and photographic mechanism.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Instantograph' glass plate camera. J. Lancaster and Son, Birmingham. 1920Model of a Disengaging Gear for Paddle Wheels, Rijkswerf Rotterdam, 1844 demonstration model Model of the disconnection of the crankshaft of a scoop wheel, on a ground board. The stools fits into a slot in the stool, where it is held between two clamps. These can be removed, so that the stools are disconnected and then moves freely through the slot with every stroke of the stool. Scale 1: 5 (derived). model maker: Rotterdamafter design by: United Kingdom wood (plant material). brass (alloy)Ratcheted Candlestand, Oak, maple, and iron, Wooden base with curved corners, thinner on one side. Two wood supports imbedded in base, a depression between them from the notched and adjustable center ratchet. At top, two suspended wooden sockets attached to a cross beam with peg construction., USA, 19th century, lighting, Decorative Arts, Ratcheted CandlestandRegulator. >>Model of a Capstan with a Winch, Rijkswerf Rotterdam, c. 1830 demonstration model Model of a capstan on a wooden floor. It is a pivot with a winch in the head and four piles in the heel against the decline. The head has decorated a loose wooden cover plate with a star and is attached to the brass shaft, which is placed in the reinforced floor with a square heel. The drum is equipped with a toothed wheel under the head, which is driven by two hodels with rads in the head; So the drum runs under the head. The drum has six clamps. Scale 1:10 (estimate). model maker: Rotterdamafter design by: United Kingdom wood (plant material). brass (alloy)Model of clothing press, constructed by Christopher Polhem in the 1740s.Traditional music box isolated on black background. Traditional music box isolated on blackOld Lock with key Old Lock with key Copyright: xZoonar.com/BorisxZerwannx 7009468Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Joan Busquets i Jané / Mesita de noche, 1908. Colección privada.Germany, 20th century - Agfa camera, 1930's.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)USA, New Hampshire, Moultonborough. Intercom, Castle in the Clouds, Lucknow Mansion.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Philips LO5L, radio from 1947, Bakelite housing, Radio Museum Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe. Recording date: 2009-07-27Italy - Kingdom of the Two Sicilies - 19th century. Morse telegraphretro radioEduca Métascoop met 24 stereoglasdia's, c. 1920 stereoscope Paris wood (plant material). glass. metal. Bakelite (TM) stereoscope Parishot rod carburetor in metal frame displayed as art. Trash label screwed onto welded metal frame with spider webs.Plague apparatus from a lazaretto in Venice; a machine for disinfecting letters and papers. Photograph.Half Model of an 80-Gun Ship of the Line.Polychromed mold model (starboard) of a three-master. The large number of spans is striking. No guns; Baking deck and semi-deck can be distinguished by gillings. Two sloops on the bow. Wrecked mirror, hollow wulf, no fence or side gallery; Stir straight with square roofing. The seam runs at both ends, two mountain wooden and one Reehout. Pretty flat underwater ship. Scale 1:55 (Scale by model).Old radio from 1937, eco-museum, Ungersheim, Alsace, France, EuropeComptometer Calculator And Cover; Manufactured by Felt and Tarrant Mfg. Co.; USA; metal, plastic; Overall: 14.4 x 36.2 x 23.3 cm (5 11/16 x 14 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.)Phone exchange LPD 10 from 1911. Purchased on auction in Örebro in 1971.Travel camera by Josef Wanaus, producing 18 x 24 cm photographs, wooden body, produced after 1880.Model or a Pump Windlass. Model of a roasting pill on a floor plank. The drum, hanged between two cheeks that form the roasting wave with two servants each, has four 'Brown' cling on each side. The roasting spindle is operated with two wind trees on a yoke on the stroke in the middle: around the drum runs gear wheels, in which patches are grabbing, each of which are connected to a side of the yoke and blocking with an upward movement and are free when they fall . The stool in the middle also has five metal palls, which in the gear portion of the drum grab and fall back. The cheeks can each be explored in two halves. Scale 1:10 (estimation).Heliar objective lens No.71898 DRPA by Voigtländer & Sohn, focal length 30 cm, aperture 1:4.5, iris blends divisions 4.5-25 mm, glass lens, black-painted metal frame, wooden mount, produced 1902.Vintage looking Old AM radio tuner Vintage looking Front and rear of old AM radio tuner isolated over white Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 9924138Old white lantern. Isolated on white Old rusty railroad lantern Copyright: xZoonar.com/PavelxSytilinxxxxxVolgograd,xRussia.x 21973099White vintage radio over white reflecting backgroundTransmitting key for a Morse telegraph.Model or a capstan. Model of a capstan on a wooden floor. It is a capstan for eight wind trees and has four pies in the heel against falling; These palls, just like with other capstanes, can be placed in two positions, one for each direction of rotation, but are furthermore provided with a key that prevents the palls descended into the tooth rail into the heel and thus out of operation. The drum has five 'Brown' cleats: these are freely choosing that are provided above and under widening and thickening and metal fittings. The head is loose. The king, which is stuck in the floor and around which the drum turns, is made of brass; The floor has been substantially reinforced. Scale 1:10.Half Model of a 74-Gun Ship of the Line.Polychromed mold model (starboard) of a three-master. Sixty-six gunposes on three decks. The sheek statue is a torso of Michiel de Ruyter, healed. A lion's head on the crane bar. Stern with elliptical fence and side gallery of two floors, decorated with curly, Westergang and national arm against the fence; Stir straight with square roofing. The seam is almost flat, one bark wood. Peaked round trip. Scale 1:50 (derived).. Round lid with button and flat bottom, rotated from maple wood. Possibly the lid on the Secreet Hole.Stereoscope (reversible in box).Refrigerator Mk 750. Bottom view.The big bed "Altes Holz Röhren Radio *** Old Wood Tubes Radio 1033902784Half Model of an 18-Gun Brig, anonymous, c. 1826 ship model. half model. builder's model Polychromed mold model (starboard) of a three -mast. The skin above the barkwood is closed, nine painted gun gates on one deck. For ship elaborated with galljoen and sculpture of a gilded curl, a lion mask on the crane bar. Get mirror, Hol Wulf, Hek with Half Rijkswapen, no side gallery; Stir with round roser king (Soetermeers version). Sail to the front and rear slightly rising, one bark wood and one reehout. Peaked around. Scale 1:40 (scale on model). Flushing (possibly) wood (plant material)Die alte Studiokamera für die Verwendung von Platten, die auf einem Gabelkamerastand stehen. Retro hölzerne Kamera im Studio Fotostudio. The old studio camera for using plates standing on a forked camera stand. Retro wooden camera at studio photographic studio. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/MilanxVasicekx 12809029. Model of a double capstan in a wooden frame that represents two decks. Both capstanes are for twelve wind trees and have six choose. The lower drum has eight catches in the foot to prevent decrease. The drums can be used in four ways: blocked, separately, coupled, and combined so that the topmost drives the lower delay. The combinations are obtained with pells in the foot of the lower drum, with which the radilia consisting of sun-and-planetraders, placed under the bottom of the beams, can be put into operation, and by linking or disconnecting the kings of both Drums with a mechanism on the head of the lower capstan, which is now incomplete. Scale 1:10 (estimation).Vintage sewing machineModern antiques, 20th century - Zenith radio, model Transoceanic, 1946.Model or a stopper. Model of an anchor stopper between two decks, consisting of a slide for the chain on a bobbin and continuously through the starboard hole, and a heavy devil claw hanging on a bobbin to the ship's wall. A light devil claw hangs on a deck bar and a heavy bobbin against a decktut. A wooden chain with counterfeit weight has been added to the model. Scale 1:10 (estimation).Old telephone switchboardMashrabiyya Screens. Dimensions: Screen a: H. 30 in. (76.2 cm) W. 48 in. (121.9 cm) D. 2 in. (5.1 cm)Screen b: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm) W. 60 in. (152.4 cm) D. 2 in. (5.1 cm). Date: 15th-16th century.A group of three turned lattice-work screens reveals the diversity of techniques available to woodworkers. The three large panels show two different kinds of mashrabiyya-making techniques. The salibi or cross-shaped one is shown in both the middle and the small panels. The maymoun, meaning "blessed," technique is shown on the upper panel. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Potato cooker. >>LanternRetro radio receiver of the last centuryCash register in the oldest house, Old Town, Reykjavik, Iceland, EuropeFilm projector, film projector, projector, projector ** Film Projector, Film Projectors 4YZ-G0PModel or a 12-pounder carronade on a carriage. Model of a 12 pound carronade on rolling horse. The loop is 20 cm long and has a 17 mm caliber. Inscriptions are engraved on the course, along with crossed anchors and palm branches. On the three tires, directing means are applied, the loop has a pierce ring and an elevation screw through the grape. The rolling horse consists of two pieces, the upper part of the part, which is provided with wheels. The upper part, narrower than rear, consists of two cheeks with two stairs, connected by the calf, the soleplate and tapas. The component is behind higher than for and consists of two cheeks connected by the axis and a sub-sole plate. Outside to both cheeks, an edge has been applied, over which a bracket of the cheek of the upper falls; The upper part slides up at the recuul. The wooden guards are double and the advice guesses are larger than those at the rear. Scale 1: 6 (Scale on model).Model of the Closing of a Well of a Screw, Rijkswerf Vlissingen, c. 1856 demonstration model Model of a part of a thigh construction (starboard): elliptical fence, parts of stern, stirring stew, Wulf construction. In the hole for the screw light installation, a black -painted final piece has been applied, which is fixed with brass locking pins; Two eyes with eyes serve for the lighting of this valve. Scale 1:10 (derived). Flushing wood (plant material). brass (alloy)Rene Grillet de Roven, was a French mechanic and watchmaker who designed this mechanical calculating machine in the 17th century. Grillet came from Rouen in north-western France, the capital city of Normandy. He served as watchmaker to King Louis XIV. Grillet displayed his machine at fairs in France and the Netherlands between 1673 and 1681.Brickställ. >>ASTRONOMIA. OCTANTE. EBANO , MARFIL SIGLO XVIII. INSTRUMENTO UTILIZADO EN NAVEGACION PARA MEDIR LA ALTURA DE LOS ASTROS Y LA DISTANCIA ENTRE ELLOS Y DETERMINAR LA LATITUD Y LA LONGITUD. MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIA. MADRID.Model Demonstrating the Movement of a Steam Valve, Duncan Christie & Zoon, 1862 demonstration model Moving demonstration model of an expansion device. The steam slide with five rooms is driven and regulated by a scissor movement on the crankshaft; One eccentric of the scissor movement can be put in three different positions, the other can be arranged with a wheel. The crankshaft is operated with a crank. Delfshaven wood (plant material). iron (metal). brass (alloy)Log With Two Rotating Vanes. Mechanical log consisting of a gate log in a cupboard and two logs, one of which must be confirmed with a log line on the reverse side; The second Logvin serves as a reserve. The log prayers are cylindrical floats with three screw-shaped wings, which drives the gate log in the direction of the clock. The Round Kleglog has three enamel dials, for 1 mile (subdivided into sixteenden), 10 miles and 100 miles.bathing, tub, Mosley folding bathtub, England, 1893, wood engraving,Old retro TV, illustration, vector on white background.Chanukah lamp, 20th century, 13 1/4 × 13 1/2 × 4 3/8 in. (33.66 × 34.29 × 11.11 cm) (overall, with doors closed), Tin, glass, Israel, 20th centuryWallpaper and Border Exhibitor Young & Knowles. Wallpaper and Border Exhibitor, February 8, 1887 (patent). Wood, paper, canvas, metal hardware, open: 64 7/8 x 23 1/4 x 41 1/2 in. (164.8 x 59.1 x 105.4 cm). Decorative Arts February 8, 1887 (patent)Puppet, about genetic engineeringModern antiques, United States of America, 20th century - GEC (General Electric Company) bakelite radio, 1948.Polarising Filter, John Benjamin Dancer, c. 1880 measuring instrument Polarization filter in a wooden box. The filter consists of two parts: one is a brass tube with a round disk to each end, one of which is set as an ocular. A prism in wood has been applied in the tube. The other part is also a brass tube that fits in the first, and has a large round disk at an end; A prism has also been applied in this part. Put together, the dial on the disc of the first part opposite the Ocular indicates the angle on the scale that is applied to the large disc of the second part: this scale ranges from 350 ° to 100 °. Maximum polarization of the light is obtained at 360 ° or 0 °. Manchester wood (plant material). brass (alloy). iron (metal). glass. clothRetro Scale Retro Red Grocery Scale With Tray Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarkoxBericx 8999586Carriage stew, Johannes Adrianus van Geffen (attributed to), 1771 Elongated stew on a larger elongated plate. The stove has a drawer with a button. The button has a sawn heart on either side. The handle has a right, profiled center piece. The top of the stew has a cut -off circle in the middle in which six rays. In the top, other hearts, stars and other forms have been cut out. The stove is marked: stk. = Amsterdam, Jrl. = L (1771) and Mt. = John van Geffen. Amsterdam silver (metal) Elongated stew on a larger elongated plate. The stove has a drawer with a button. The button has a sawn heart on either side. The handle has a right, profiled center piece. The top of the stew has a cut -off circle in the middle in which six rays. In the top, other hearts, stars and other forms have been cut out. The stove is marked: stk. = Amsterdam, Jrl. = L (1771) and Mt. = John van Geffen. Amsterdam silver (metal)Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate, anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1825 ship model. half model. builder's model Polychromed mold model (starboard) of a three -mast. Seventeen gun gates spread over guns and half cover. Get mirror, Hol Wulf, no details of fence or side gallery; Straight with square stirring king. See at both ends slightly ascending, one mountain wood and one reehout. Peaked around. Netherlands wood (plant material)Tower clock and four dials on wooden trestle, tower clockwork measuring instrument iron wood, movement: 775 kg weights and loose parts: 455 kg Wrought iron tower in heavy cage dismountable by construction using wedges. The timepiece consists of three parts each with its own speed and with separate winding mechanism Various labels are labeled with names: presumably in connection with restoration or just performed restoration The timepiece includes various weights of cast iron and lead: 3 x 55 kg; 2 x 12 kg; 1 x 14 kg; 3 x 5.5 kg; rod with total of 54 kg; 1 x 19 kg (lead). Other loose parts: four pulleys equipped with three pulleys; two wackets or anchors with bend; key with two handles; wheel with wall plate time Laurenskerk City center Stadsdriehoek Rotterdam15th Century hexagonal clock in gothic style. Dated 1450Salinometer, A.P. How, 1850 - 1865 measuring instrument Salinometer, incomplete. It consists of a heavy copper tube or barrel with two pipes at the bottom. One pipe has a tap and serves as a supply for the boiler water; The barrel is filled and the excess water runs out of the barrel through an overflow to the second pipe. This makes it possible to measure a constant stream of boiler water to determine an average. After the measurement, the water that remains in the barrel can be drained to the drain pipe through a second tap. In the barrel itself a brass cylinder for the hydrometer (missing) and a thermometer are applied. Against the outside, a light and a round reflection mirror is applied to a hinged arm to be able to read the salinometer in the dark boiler space. There is a confirmation plate against the back. The inscription on the front is equipped with the English weapon. London brass (alloy). copper (metal). glass. mercury. wood (plant material)Star Safe' still bank, c. 1905, 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 7/8 in. (8.89 x 6.35 x 7.3 cm), Iron, pigment, 20th centurySquare Piano (Portable Model) ca. 1790 Longman & Broderip Described as a portable model square piano. Rectangular mahogany veneered case with stringing and borders of lighter veneer (satinwood), back of case not veneered, with 4 slender, square tapered legs decorated with inlay hinged to case bottom so as to fold against bottom, nameboard decorated with floral intarsia, with Battersea white enamel nameplate in oval brass frame; note names written on natural key fronts with C keys marked G, etc., implying transposed tuning; other note names written in ink next to naturals with molded keyfronts, ebony accidentals; brass-knobbed handstop in well to left of keyboard operating damper batten; English simple action, no escapement; overhead dampers on wood arms hinged to removable panel in case back, returned by quill springs; double-strung throughout, no wound strings.. Square Piano (Portable Model) 505371Half Model of a Hooker.Polychromed mold model (starboard) of a three-master. Round stern; Straight straight. The seam runs to both ends, a bark wood. Running. Scale approx. 1:36 (derived).Secretary (sécretaire à abattant). Culture: Austrian. Dimensions: 105 x 37 x 21 in. (266.7 x 94 x 53.3 cm). Date: ca. 1815-20 with later additions.The unidentified coat of arms of this Biedermeier secrétaire, with its wooden columns and slats resembling the pipes of an organ, is a later embellishment. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Linga (Phallic Emblem of Shiva) with Architectural Base Cambodia ca. 975 In India and other countries influenced by Hindu theology, including Cambodia, adoration of the linga is understood to be worship of the great generative principle of the universe, conceptualized as an aspect of Shiva. Because some of the Khmer kings identified themselves with Shiva, they placed a linga at the summit of their most important temples as part of their royal paraphernalia. View more. Linga (Phallic Emblem of Shiva) with Architectural Base. Cambodia. ca. 975. Stone. Angkor period. SculptureRetro ancient plastic clock radio Old battered plastic clock radio with AM rotary dial and clock with snooze feature from seventies Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevexHeapx 102277721910s 1920s OAK WOOD CASE CRANK TELEPHONE MOUNTED ON WALLVintage film camera isolated on whiteFive Models of Guns on Slides and Pivots of a Coastal Battery, anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1850 demonstration model. gunmodel Five models of cannons on rotating members, from a coastal battery, of which an incomplete. The sleds consist of a rectangular frame with brass batter, the beams in the longitudinal direction with upright ends, lying on a long crossbar in the middle; The pivot bolt is applied in the middle of this crossbar. By screwing it through the beam, the cane is lifted onto the pivot bolt. The frames have wheels on the corners and the ends of the crossbar, the axes of which are radial relative to the pivot bolt. The upper deputies consist of two cheeks with three staircases, connected by a slanted calf, a crossbar, the sole plate and three bolts across. The Stelwig has been replaced by an Eleve screw on which a metal spring is located. The ash bodies have been replaced by round axes right through the cheeks, which slide over the sledge: the front axle has holes for hand spokes