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Cesare Urtis & Co - Forniture Electriche

1900

Obstetrical forceps

1801-1900

Obstetrical forceps

1801-1900

Dessin d'une Invention d'un Ballon aereostatique

1856

Square storage bottle

1870-1930

Transverse Axial Tomographic Unit, Italy, 1957

1957

Broken meerschaum cigarette holder in case

1871-1900

Obstetrical forceps

1801-1900

Italian Brothers Pick up Moon Picture

April 1963

Moon on T.V. Screen

April 1963

Elvo Camera

circa 1938
1/4-repeater, cylinder, going barrel, by Ls. Lacroix, Turin, in gold case, silver dial, wire gong (1 Janvier 1833 on case), no.8044 (in case)

1/4-repeater, cylinder, going barrel

1833
Part of a Riva-Rocci sphygmomanometer, by Zambelli, in case, Italian

Part of a Riva-Rocci sphygmomanometer, by Zambelli, in case.

Burdizzo castrator, medium size, by Burdizzo, Turin, Italy, 1985 with instruction leaflet.

Burdizzo castrator

Italian copper-gilt chamber clock by Camerini of Turin, 1656

Italian copper-gilt chamber clock by Camerini of Turin

1656
Petrol-electric car, based on Fiat 8 H.P. open two-seater, 1927. The clutch and gearbox have been replaced by H K Whitehorn with the Tilling-Stevens petrol-electric transmission system which was patented by W.A.Stevens and P.F. Smith between 1906 and 1916. This system consists of a petrol engine driving a dynamo that supplies current to a motor which drives the rear wheels through a shaft and bevel arrangement. Whitehorn worked for Tilling-Stevens as their Chief Electrical Engineer, and in 1927 – after leaving Tilling-Stevens – he converted this car for his own use. In December 1911, a Tilling-Stevens bus had been launched in London. This was the beginning of a very lucrative venture. In addition to buses, the firm produced petrol-electrical generating devices. With advances in mechanical transmissions, and the advance of diesel for commercial vehicles, the petrol-electric transmission lost favour. Tilling-Stevens discontinued regular production in 1929.

8 HP Petrol-Electric Car

1927