03-24-200703-24-2007
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March 24, 2007 10:00 AMCalender
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Teacher's Guide to Illustration: a Manual to Accompany Holbrook's School Apparatus

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$1,528$1,300
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2355Location: BostonDate / Time: March 24, 2007 10:00AM

Description:

Teacher's Guide to Illustration: a Manual to Accompany Holbrook's School Apparatus, F.C. Brownell, pubd. New York: 1871, by American School Apparatus Co., 4vo, 194 pages, frontispiece, chapters divided Part I. Descriptive, Part II. Illustrative, Part II. Astronomical, 33 line drawings, maker's catalogue of Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus, paper covers with tooled leather spine.

Note: Illustrating many of the items in the previous lot. The front cover and frontispiece show the geared planetarium (with pulley clearly visible),the tellurium, a selection of geometrical solids, and other philosophical items. The tellurium is illustrated in Fig. 15, and the planetarium in Fig. 16.
Estimate $300-400

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Teacher , American School Apparatus Co.