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    The best Homepage in Old scientific Instruments : Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street, Oxford including the great online catalogue :

The Geometry of War 1500-1750 (a must to visit)

Gemmary     Old medical and scientific instruments and the scientific instruments forum http://www.gemmary.com
IMSS     Institute and Museum of the History of the Science, IMSS, Florence, Italy

http://www.imss.fi.it/index.html

 

Reproduction of old Atsrolabes    

Reproductions in high qualities of old astrolabes, sundials and mathematical instruments

 http://www.astrolabe.ch

    Epact is an electronic catalogue of medieval and renaissance scientific instruments from four European museums: the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence , the British Museum, London, and the Museum Boerhaave, Leiden. Together, these museums house the finest collections of early scientific instruments in the world.
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/
Adler Planetarium    

Websters' Instrument Makers Database

http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/

   

MMM Collections Online: Collection of scientific instruments, Astrolabes, Globes, Quadrants and Sundials.

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/

Mathematical Instuments

A private collection

    Mathematical instruments have been in use since the beginning of civilisation. They were in use at the time of building of Babylon and were well known to the Egyptians. The earliest surviving examples date from Roman times. http://www.mathsinstruments.me.uk/
   

Sammlung Sternwarte - ETHZ - Collection of Scientific Instruments

http://www.kgs.ethz.ch/sternwarte/www/sort_hersteller.asp

 

www.colonialinstruments.com    

Colonial Instruments was founded by Jeffrey Lock in response to the need for high quality restoration in the antique surveying instrument field, focusing on instruments from 1700 to 1850.

http://www.colonialinstruments.com

Nibs old pens     A web site about Steel pen nibs and related items. http://hans.presto.tripod.com/penlink2.html

 

How old?     How old is my Kern Instrument?

http://www.wild-heerbrugg.com/how_old_is_my_kern_&_co__ag_aarau_instrument.htm

 

ebay auction     Internet Online auction: http://www.ebay.com
       
SPORT:      
    Nicole Ryffel, SwissSki http://nicoleryffel.geometricum.com