LEGION D’HONNEUR PRESENTATION MARINE INSTRUMENTS FOR FRENCH NAVAL OFFICER MARCEL ANDRE RAOUL EBSTEIN KALFA BY A HURLIMANN PARIS Antique anemometer for sale chamfered and carved stem and

chamfered and carved stem and a carved domed top supported by scroll pediments either side

William Avery in 1814

catalogues and other associated ephemera

It is perhaps not surprising to learn that the publisher of the book which includes the Goodman’s extensometer description was himself a member of the Concrete Institute so it reflects that the Adie Company continued providing instruments for those at the cutting edge of industry even at this late stage in the company’s history

the business flourished and Gilbert’s instruments were used alongside Ramsden

LEGION D’HONNEUR PRESENTATION MARINE INSTRUMENTS FOR FRENCH NAVAL OFFICER MARCEL ANDRE RAOUL EBSTEIN KALFA BY A HURLIMANN PARIS Antique anemometer for sale chamfered and carved stem andFor sale a suite of Legion DHonneur presentation marine instruments for French Naval Officer Marcel Andre Raoul Ebstein Kalfa, manufactured by the Parisian firm of Ponthus & Therrode (successors to the firm of A Hurlimann). The set comprises of three walnut cased instruments, a sextant, a pair of associated binoculars which may be attached to sextant and an artificial horizon. The skilfully proportioned ladder framed sextant is complete with index