Contact Goniometers
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Contact goniometer with fixed arms
Contact goniometer with fixed arms (silver and blued steel, outside diameter 7.5 cm).
Signed "Vinçard Paris".
Arnould Carangeot (1742-1806) commissioned Nicolas Vinçard (1741-1788) to construct his first contact goniometer, in 1782. Vinçard produced them in brass and in silver.
This instrument must be dated 1782-1788.
Contact goniometer with fixed arms
Contact goniometer with fixed arms (brass and steel, outside diameter 10 cm) in red plush-lined leather covered case (13.9 cm wide).
Unsigned, probably first half 19th century.
Contact goniometer with fixed arms
Contact goniometer with fixed arms (brass and steel, outside diameter 7.9 cm) in violet plush- and satin-lined leather covered case (10 cm wide).
Signed on the case "Elliott Bros | London", end 19th century
Contact goniometer with fixed arms
Contact goniometer with fixed arms (brass and steel, outside diameter 8.4 cm) in violet plush-lined leather covered case (11.6 cm wide).
Unsigned, end 19th century.
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation (brass
and steel, outside diameter 10.2 cm).
Signed (on the back side) "Pixii Neveu et Succ[ess]eur
de Dumotiez à Paris", first half 19th century.
Nicolas Constant Pixii-Dumotiez (1776-1861), nephew of
the Dumotiez brothers, was one of the foremost constructors
of physical instruments of the 19th century.
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation (brass with silvered scale and steel, outside diameter 9.5 cm) in green velvet lined and red Morocco leather-covered case (12.5 cm wide) with two brass hooks.
Signed (on the back side) "Pixii, Neveu et Sr. de Dumotiez | Rue du Jardinet, N° 2 à Paris", ca. 1820
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation (silver
and steel, outside diameter 8 cm) in green plush-lined
and leather-covered case (12.7 cm wide).
Signed "Richer à Paris", first half 19th
century.
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation (brass with silvered scale and steel,
outside diameter 8.1 cm) in cream white chamois-leather, red, embossed leather-covered
case (12.5 cm wide) with brass hook.
Signed "G. Huck in Wien", ca. 1820.
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation (brass and steel, outside diameter 8.2 cm) in its brown Moroccan leather covered case with red chamois lining (11.5 cm wide).
Signed (on the back side) "Deleuil à Paris", first half 19th century.
Louis-Joseph Deleuil was an engineer-optician and scientific instrument maker who founded his company in 1820.
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation (brass and steel, outside diameter 7.6 cm) in in red Moroccan leather covered case with cream velvet and silk lining (10 cm wide).
Signed (on the back side) "Bate London", first half 19th century
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation (brass,
outside diameter 12.2 cm) in square plush-lined leather-covered
case (16.8 x 8.8 cm). The scale is finely divided (0.5
degree).
unsigned, first half 19th century.
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation (brass
and steel, outside diameter 8.5 cm) .
Unsigned, France, first half 19th century?
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation
Contact goniometer hinged at the 90° graduation (brass,
outside diameter 10.8 cm) in red plush-lined leather-covered
case (14.5 cm wide). The scale is finely divided (0.5
degree).
Signed inside the case "Jules Dubocq [sic] à Paris", second half 19th century.
Jules Duboscq (1817-1886) was the son-in-law and the successor
of Soleil.
Contact goniometer with detachable arms
Contact goniometer with detachable arms (brass, outside
diameter 8.3 cm). The semicircle is divided every degree.
Signed "Cary, London", early 19th century.
Contact goniometer with detachable arms
Contact goniometer with detachable arms (nickel plated
brass and steel, outside diameter 8.3 cm) in violet plush-lined
ray skin covered case (11 cm wide).
Unsigned, first half 19th century.
Contact goniometer with detachable arms
Contact goniometer (brass and steel, semicircle diameter 7.9 cm) with detachable arms in dark plush-lined
leather-covered case (10.9 cm wide).
Signed "Newman, 122 Regent Street", 1st half 19th century.
Contact goniometer with detachable arms
Contact goniometer (brass and steel, outside diameter
8.4 cm) with detachable arms in purple plush-lined leather-covered
case (10.8 cm wide).
Unsigned, 2nd half 19th century.
Contact goniometer with detachable arms
Contact goniometer (brass and steel, outside diameter
8.1 cm) with detachable arms in red plush-lined leather-covered
case (11.5 cm wide).
Signed "J.G. Hofmann Rue de Buci. 3. à Paris",
second half 19th century.
Contact goniometer with detachable arms
Contact goniometer with detachable arms (brass with silvered
scale and steel, outside diameter 8.5 cm) in dark plush-lined
leather-covered case (11.8 cm wide).
Unsigned, 2nd half 19th century.
Contact goniometer with detachable arms
Contact goniometer with detachable arms (brass and steel,
outside diameter 9.4 cm) in red plush-lined ray-skin-covered
case (11.4 cm wide).
Signed on the instrument "A. PICART | 20 RUE MAYET
| PARIS" and on the case "A. PICART | OPTICIEN
| RUE MAYET 20 | PARIS", 2nd half 19th century
Contact goniometer with detachable arms
Contact goniometer with detachable arms (brass, steel
and nickel plated scale, outside diameter 8.7 cm) in red
plush- and satin-lined black leather-covered case (12.7 x 7 cm).
Unsigned, probably early 20th century.
Full-circle contact goniometer with detachable arms
Full-circle contact goniometer (brass and steel, outside
diameter 8.5 cm) with detachable arms in black plush-lined
leather-covered case (10.5 cm).
The upper (detached) part of the case is signed "Nachet
à Paris", ca. 1900.
Full-circle contact goniometer with detachable arms
Full-circle contact goniometer (brass and steel, outside
diameter 8.2 cm) with detachable arms in dark brown plush-lined
leather-covered case (9.5 cm).
Unsigned, early 20th century.
Full-circle contact goniometer with detachable arms
Full-circle contact goniometer (brass with silvered scale, outside diameter 9 cm) with detachable steel arms in a leather-covered case lined with dark blue velvet.
Signed "Lingke in Freiberg", mid 19th century.
Full-circle contact goniometer with detachable arms
Full-circle contact goniometer (brass with silvered scale, outside diameter 9 cm) with detachable steel arms in a leather-covered case lined with dark blue velvet.
Unsigned, but certainly by Lingke in Freiberg, mid 19th century.
Quarter-circle contact goniometer with fixed arms
Quarter-circle contact goniometer (nickel plated brass, steel arms, length of the arms 10 cm) in red plush-lined cloth covered case (13.4 x 9.4 x 2.4 cm).
Unsigned, but certainly R. Fuess, Berlin, end 19th century.
Contact goniometer with detachable arms
Contact goniometer with detachable arms (nickel plated
brass, steel, outside diameter 10.0 cm). The scale is
finely divided (0.5 degree).
Signed "F. Pellin | Paris", [N°] "11",
ca. 1910.
Félix Pellin worked with his father Philippe Pellin
at the beginning 20th century.
Contact goniometer with detachable arms
Contact goniometer with detachable arms (brass, steel
and silver plated scale, outside diameter 9.8 cm) in violet
plush-lined leather-covered case (12.5 cm wide).
Unsigned, probably second half 19th century.
Contact goniometer with detachable arms
Contact goniometer with detachable arms (nickel plated
brass, outside diameter 8.6 cm).
Signed "J. Swift & Son, London", 1st half
20th century
Contact goniometer with detachable arms
Contact goniometer with detachable arms (nickel plated
brass, steel, outside diameter 9.2 cm). The semi circle is divided every degree.
unsigned, probably first half 20th century
Contact goniometer with detachable arms
Contact goniometer (nickel plated brass, steel, outside
diameter 8.3 cm) in dark red plush-lined leather-covered
case (10.2 cm wide) marked "Anlegegoniometer".
Signed (on the back side) "Dr STEEG & REUTER
| BAD HOMBURG v.d.H.", 20th century.
Contact goniometer with fixed arms
Contact goniometer with fixed arms (brass and steel,
outside diameter 10 cm).
Unsigned.
Contact goniometer with fixed arms
Contact goniometer with fixed arms (nickel plated brass,
outside diameter 8.2 cm).
Unsigned, ca. 1950?
Educational contact goniometer with separate arms
Contact goniometer (cardboard 15 x 7.7 cm and separate
celluloid arms) with instruction leaflet (14.7 x 22.9
cm) in stiff paper envelope (16 x 8.7 cm).
Signed "CONTACT GONIOMETER | MODEL A. | Designed
by S.L. Penfield." and "Patented | July 31st,
1900. | Made in New Haven, Conn., U.S.A."
Samuel Lewis Penfield died in 1906 at the age of 50. The
instruction leaflet mentions "Late Professor in Yale
University" which dates the set after 1906.
Educational contact goniometer with fixed arms
Contact goniometer (cardboard 15 x 7.7 cm) with fixed
celluloid arms, with instruction leaflet (12 x 20.2 cm)
in stiff paper envelope (16 x 8.7 cm).
Signed "CONTACT GONIOMETER | MODEL B. | Designed
by | S.L. Penfield | Professor in Yale University | Made
in New Haven, Conn., U.S.A. | Pat. July 31, 1900."
Educational contact goniometer with fixed arms
Contact goniometer (cardboard 12.6 x 7.6 cm) with fixed
arms.
Signed "GONIOMETER | GEOLOGY LAB KITS. | 1903 Third
Avenue | CANYON, TEXAS". First half 20th century.
Educational contact goniometer with fixed arms
Contact goniometer (colorless clear plastic 20.3 x 10.2
cm) in card envelope (21.7 x 11.4 cm) .
Signed "MOHAVE SALES INC.| HOLLYWOOD 27 | U.S.A.
| EVERYTHING FOR ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS | 77 - CONTACT
GONIOMETER (AFTER PENFIELD)"
Fist half 20th century.
Educational contact goniometer with fixed arms
Contact goniometer (aluminium 10.8 x 6.2 cm) with an instruction
leaflet (12.6 x 15.2 cm) in transparent plastic envelope
(14.2 x 8.6 cm) .
Signed "WARD'S ALL-METAL | CONTACT GONIOMETER | WARD'S
NATURAL SCIENCE ESTAB., Inc. | Rochester, N.Y. Monterey,
Calif. | Cat # 13W0560 Made In U.S.A."
Ca. 1970.
Educational contact goniometer with fixed arms
Contact goniometer (plastic 10.8 x 6.4 cm) with an instruction
leaflet (12.6 x 15.3 cm) in transparent plastic envelope
(14 x 8.6 cm) .
Signed "WARD'S | CONTACT GONIOMETER | WARD'S NATURAL
SCIENCE ESTAB., Inc. | Rochester, N.Y. Monterey, Calif.
| Cat # 13W0561 Made in U.S.A."
Ca. 1970.
Educational contact goniometer with fixed arms
Contact goniometer (plastic 10.8 x 6.4 cm) with an instruction
leaflet (12.7 x 15.2 cm) in beige paper envelope
(16.6 x 9 cm) .
Signed "WARD'S | CONTACT GONIOMETER | WARD'S NATURAL
SCIENCE | (800) 962-2660
| Made in U.S.A."
2nd half 20th century
