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DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: John Murray, 1859.DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: John Murray, 1859.. Sold for US$168,825 inc. premium
GÖDEL, KURT. 1906-1978. Group of 5 offprints, each signed and inscribed:GÖDEL, KURT. 1906-1978. Group of 5 offprints, each signed and inscribed:. Sold for US$125,075 inc. premium
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CAL-TECH PROTOTYPE HANDHELD CALCULATOR 1965-1967 Original milled aluminum hinged case finished in black, 155 x 105 x 43 mm, 18-button keypad including zero bar, number readout window, power switch, power charger plug, opens to reveal clear panel cover array of 4 Large-Scale Integration silicon "slices" and 3 shift register chips on a circuit board, thermal printer with thin paper roll, black plexiglass panel covering potted battery group and discretionary circuitry for power supply,TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CAL-TECH PROTOTYPE HANDHELD CALCULATOR 1965-1967 Original milled aluminum hinged case finished in black, 155 x 105 x 43 mm, 18-button keypad including zero bar, number readout window, power switch, power charger plug, opens to reveal clear panel cover array of 4 Large-Scale Integration silicon "slices" and 3 shift register chips on a circuit board, thermal printer with thin paper roll, black plexiglass panel covering potted battery group and discretionary circuitry for power supply,. Sold for US$68,825 inc. premium
LUMIÈRE CINEMATOGRAPHIC COLLECTION, CIRCA 1896 AN EXTREMELY EARLY EXAMPLE Cinématographe, No 145, J. Carpentier, Paris, c.1896, J. Carpentier,LUMIÈRE CINEMATOGRAPHIC COLLECTION, CIRCA 1896 AN EXTREMELY EARLY EXAMPLE Cinématographe, No 145, J. Carpentier, Paris, c.1896, J. Carpentier,. Sold for US$68,825 inc. premium
ORIGINAL GEMINI 133P TRAINER ATTITUDE & MANEUVER CONTROL SYSTEM CONSOLE USED AT MSC TO TRAIN FOR PROJECT GEMINI Seated instrument panel approx 5 feet 8½ inches at widest point, gimbal system with attitude hand controller labeled "SIMULATED" and central joystick; mounted onto approx 6 x 3 foot base with casters, instructor's control panel mounted to wooden cabinet directly behind chair module, Burtek Inc for McDonnell, 1963.ORIGINAL GEMINI 133P TRAINER ATTITUDE & MANEUVER CONTROL SYSTEM CONSOLE USED AT MSC TO TRAIN FOR PROJECT GEMINI Seated instrument panel approx 5 feet 8½ inches at widest point, gimbal system with attitude hand controller labeled "SIMULATED" and central joystick; mounted onto approx 6 x 3 foot base with casters, instructor's control panel mounted to wooden cabinet directly behind chair module, Burtek Inc for McDonnell, 1963.. Sold for US$20,075 inc. premium

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DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: John Murray, 1859.
A HIGHLY IMPORTANT DARWIN MANUSCRIPT. DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. Autograph Manuscript Leaf Signed ("Ch. Darwin") and explicitly titled "The Descent of Man," being an early draft on the origin of the human species which was eventually published in Descent of Man, 1 p,
DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1871.
NEWTON, ISAAC. 1643-1727. Opuscula mathematica, philosophica et philologica. Lausanne & Geneva: Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1744.
WESLEY, JOHN. 1703-1791. Primitive Physick or, an Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases. Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank,[1770].
MASCAGNI, PAOLO. 1755-1815. Anatomia Universale. Florence: 1833.
BELTRAMI, EUGENIO. 1835-1900. Intorno ad alcuni di propagazione del calore. Bologna: Gamberini & Parmeggiani, 1887.
EDISON, THOMAS. 1847-1931. Albumen print portrait signed ("Thos A Edison"), 11 5/8 by 7 1/8 inches laid down to board,
THOMAS EDISON CIGAR CUTTERS Pair of gold cigar cutters on single gold chain, each about 2 x 1 inches, late 19th century, engraved with initials "T.A.E," one engraved with fine floral and foliate design.
EDISON, THOMAS. 1847-1931. Photograph Signed ("Thos A Edison"), gelatin silver print portrait of a mature Edison in his laboratory,
TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency. A Lecture Delivered before the Institution of Electrical Engineers, London. With A Portrait and Biographical Sketch of the Author. New York, W.J. Johnson Company, 1896.
DOLL ET CIE TOY STEAM PLANT & WORKSHOP 1920s Copper boiler mounted on tinplate brick effect oven with chimney, boiler with pressure gauge, water level glass, safety valves and whistle, piping to horizontal twin cylinder engine with slip eccentric gear, ball governor, spoked flywheel and pulley, mounted on a green painted tinplate base
WIMSHURST INFLUENCE MACHINE Electrostatic generator, various materials, 1925, 10 x 12 x 8 inches.
LUMIÈRE CINEMATOGRAPHIC COLLECTION, CIRCA 1896 AN EXTREMELY EARLY EXAMPLE Cinématographe, No 145, J. Carpentier, Paris, c.1896, J. Carpentier,
PRESTWICH MODEL 4 35mm motion picture camera, London, Prestwich Manufacturing Co., c.1898, hand-cranked, in polished mahogany with fine dovetail construction with original brass and wood winding handle, footage counter with silvered dial, brass fittings,
COLOR CINEMATOGRAPHIC CAMERA: EUGÈNE LOUIS DOYEN NO. 1 Color motion picture camera, c.1912, hand-cranked, with a walnut, brass and polished aluminum body, wood and brass winding handle, triple gate with three colored glass filters (red, blue and green), three lenses with fine screw adjustment, film transport movement with three double-claw mechanisms and disc shutter with three semi-circular apertures, one for each color.
BROADCAST TELEVISION 1935-1937 "LOST" RECORDS OF LOS ANGELES' FIRST TELEVISION STATION LUBCKE, HARRY R. & others. 2 cloth binders, 4to, approximately 450 pp total, labeled on spine: "Receiver / 1936-7" & "Camera / 1937," Los Angeles, 1935-1937,
EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879.1955 Autograph Manuscript Initialed ("A.E."), [Pasadena, 1931] 1p, 4to, in German, to Pazifistischen Studenten Südkalifornien,
EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879.1955 Letter Signed ("A. Einstein"), 2 pp (recto/verso), 4to, [Princeton], April 19, 1949, in German, to Dora Stern,
EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955. Autograph Quotation Signed ("A. Einstein. 49"), "Die Fahn' ist ein Symbol dafür dass noch der Mensch ein Herdentier,"
EINSTEIN, ALBERT & KURT GÖDEL Original color slide, 50 x 50 cm including Kodachrome mount, Princeton,[December 5, 1947], depicting Einstein and Gödel walking,
GROUP PHOTO OF ALBERT EINSTEIN, JOHN VON NEUMANN, OSKAR MORGENSTERN Sepia-toned silver gelatin print, 8x10-inches, dated May 1952 on verso, penciled identifications in Oskar Morganstern's hand on verso,
GÖDEL, KURT. 1906-1978. Group of 5 offprints, each signed and inscribed:
GÖDEL, KURT. 1906-1978. 3 Autograph Letters Signed ("Kurt Gödel" & "Kurt"), Princeton, 1966-1968, each 1 p, two are to Dorothy Morgenstern, one to Oskar Morgenstern,
GÖDEL, KURT & OSKAR MORGENSTERN. Original color slide, 50 x 50 cm including Kodachrome mount, Princeton, 1950s, depicting Morgenstern and Gödel standing beside the latter's house,
PAULING, LINUS. 1901-1994. Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Linus Pauling"), 15 pp, 4to, [1976], entitled "Why You Need Vitamin C to Fight Your Cold."
NAPIER, JOHN. 1550-1617. Logarithmorum canonis descriptio. Lyon: Barthalemy Vincent, 1620.
NAPIER, JOHN. 1550-1617. Rabdologiae seu numerationis per virgulas libri duo. Leiden: Peter Rammasen, 1626.
PASCAL'S CALCULATOR 6-digit Pascaline, brass body on wooden footed base, 285 x 127 x 73mm (11 1/4 x 5 x 2 7/8 inches), 6 windows with sliding bar revealing printed number cylinders, 6 brass spoked input wheels. underside with brass door that opens to reveal inner gears, c. 1920.
POLENI, GIOVANNI. 1683-1761. Miscellanea, hoc est I. Differtatio de barometris, & thermometris, II. Machinae Arithmeticae, ejusque usus descriptio, III. De Sectionibus conicis parallelorum in horologiis solaribus tractatus. Venice: Alvise Pavani, 1709.
LEUPOLD, JACOB. 1674-1727. Theatrum arithmetico-geometricum, Das ist schau-plats der rechen- und mess-kunst.... Leipzig: Christoph Zunkel, 1727.
GALLON, JEAN GAFFIN. 1706-1775. Machines et inventions approuvees par l'Academie Royale des Sciences.... Paris: Gabriel Martin, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, fils and Hippolyte-Louis Guerin, 1735.
PICAULT, ÉMILE LOUIS. 1833-1915. L'électricité. Bronze sculpture, signed ("E. Picault"), 540 x 185 mm
Joseph-Marie Jacquard [1752-1834] A La Mémoire de J.M. Jacquard. [Lyon]: Didier Petit et Cie, 1839.
BOOLE, GEORGE. 1815-1864. An Investigation of The Laws of Thought on which are founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities. London: Macmillan & Co, 1854.
BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871. Passages from the Life of a Philosopher. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1864.
POSSELT, EMMANUEL ANTHONY. 1858-1921. The Jacquard Machine Analyzed and Explained: With an Appendix on the Preparation of Jacquard Cards, and Practical Hints to Learners of Jacquard Designing. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, 1888.
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 13 items including:
LOUIS PAYEN 2C ARITHMOMETER no 2569, Paris, 1890s, ebonized wooden case, lid with inlaid brass lining and lettered "Arithmometre," hinged lid opening to 20 window result register, 11 window revolution register, 10 input levers,
LOUIS PAYEN P3B ARITHMOMETER No 3632, Paris, c.1900, oak case with incline mechanism, hinged lid opening to 16 wndow result register, 9 window revolution register, 8 input levers,
LOUIS PAYEN: ALPHONSE DARRAS P4B ARITHMOMETER No 5519, Paris, 1902 or later, oak case with incline mechanism, hinged lid opening to 16 window result register, 9 window revolution register, 9 input levers,
THE ADDER KEYBOARD CALCULATION MACHINE No 6243, London: The Adder Cash Register Syndicate Ltd, c.1903, with 2 rows of 5 keys from 1-10, zero key, 3 window display, case in brushed finished shaped metal over cast metal,
VEUVE L. PAYEN P4 ARITHMOMETER No 1671, Paris, after 1902, footed mahogany case with brass corners and incline mechanism, hinged lid opening to 12 window result register, 7 window revolution register, 7 input levers,
EGLI "THE MILLIONARE" CALCULATING MACHINE no. 2517, Zurich, before 1905, 1895 patent, mahogany case, brass shell-form handles at sides, hinged lid, printed instructions and dividing tool underside of lid, device with 10-digit selector swith, 8 input levers, 8 window "divisor" register, 8 window "dividend" register, 16 window result register,
ANALYTICAL MACHINE LUDGATE, PERCY. 1883-1922. On a Proposed Analytical Machine. Dublin: The Royal Dublin Society, 1909.
EGLI MADAS CALCULATING MACHINE No 8966, Zurich, c.1913, japanned brass, 10 window result register, 9 window revolution register, 9 input levers, carriage bell,
THACHER CYLINDRICAL SLIDE RULE MODEL 4012 No 5343, New York: Keuffel & Esser, c.1920, multi-faceted cylindrical slide rule with wood end caps, affixed to wooden base by brass guides, instructions to base, mahogany lided case with matching serial number, Keuffel & Esser label inside case lid,
FULLER CYLINDRICAL SLIDE RULE CALCULATOR No 6858/37, London: W.F. Stanley, c.1920, printed sliding drum scales read from the central inscribed lacquered brass bar, mahogany caps and handle, in fitted mahogany case with holding bracket,
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