Aneroid, Aviation, Barographs, Barometers, Barometers in Action, Conservation, Featured, History of Aneroid Barometers, Interior, Media Mentions, Pressure, Restoration, Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments, Weather | September 28, 2023
Mark and Vavasseur Antiques Featured in Country Life!
Credit: Country Life, 27 September 2023 Issue www.countrylife.co.uk
Aneroid, Aviation, Barometers in Action, Conservation, Featured, History of Aneroid Barometers, Pressure, Restoration, Technology | July 24, 2023
Two Extraordinary Altimeters, and the Trail to the British Nuclear Bomb
Sometimes the most obscure and almost unrecognisable objects appear, and with all the interest in Christopher Nolan’s epic docu-thriller Oppenheimer, I decided to put pen to paper. Some years ago I was perusing an online auction and came across an instrument I recognised as a barometer or altimeter made by Negretti & Zambra. Puzzling, though, was the scale, calibrated in...
Aneroid, Barographs, Barometers, Conservation, Featured, History of Aneroid Barometers, Restoration, Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments, Weather | April 16, 2023
Significant Shipwrecked Mariners Society Award
Generally when these instruments are given as presentations it’s to a retired partner from a law firm or the winner of some golfing extravaganza - these additions add nothing to the value or interest in the piece, indeed in most instances the plates are removed, the holes filled and a part of ignominious history gently forgotten. The Shipwrecked Fishermen and...
Featured, Media Mentions, Technology | February 18, 2020
The Wonderful Conclusion to the Story of John Campbell’s Exceptional Model Steam Engine
We’re delighted that the amazing Campbell model steam engine has been featured in the Antiques Trade Gazette special publication “Sixty Objects, Sixty Stories”, a review of 2019 highlights from the magazine.
Featured, Media Mentions, Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments | January 8, 2019
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