RR Auction: Science and Technology Auction

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Featuring over 300 lots, RR Auction is proud to present our December Science & Technology auction. The highlight of the sale is the 1924 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded to Manne Siegbahn for his discoveries and research in X-ray spectroscopy. Other standout items are an A7L lunar boot created for Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission; important letters from James Watt, Louis Pasteur, Albert Einstein, and Werner Heisenberg; a Macworld magazine signed by Steve Jobs; a mathematical journal owned and signed by John Nash; a highly desirable autograph of Isaac Newton; and material chronicling the history of early aviation. From physics and chemistry to space exploration and beyond, these incredible items tell the story of our shared heritage of innovation.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Jack Steinberger Handwritten Notes6141 - Jack Steinberger Handwritten Notes
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Physicist (born 1921) who co-discovered the muon neutrino and was awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics. Unsigned handwritten scientific notes, thre
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Edward Teller Typed Letter Signed6142 - Edward Teller Typed Letter Signed
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Hungarian-born nuclear physicist (1908-2003) who worked with Fermi on the Manhattan Project and later assumed a leading role in the development of the
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Edward Teller Typed Letter Signed6143 - Edward Teller Typed Letter Signed
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Hungarian-born nuclear physicist (1908-2003) who worked with Fermi on the Manhattan Project and later assumed a leading role in the development of the
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Samuel-Auguste Tissot Letter Signed6144 - Samuel-Auguste Tissot Letter Signed
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Swiss physician (1728–1797) known for his studies of migraines, masturbation, and nervous diseases. Untranslated LS in French, signed “Tissot,” one pa
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Clyde W. Tombaugh Autograph Letter Signed6145 - Clyde W. Tombaugh Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 1, 1979. Letter to Mr. Schuett, in full: "I receive so many hundreds of letters, a great many requesting autograph...
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John Tyndall Autograph Letter Signed6146 - John Tyndall Autograph Letter Signed
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Prominent physicist (1820–1893) known for his study of diamagnetism and his realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air. ALS, one
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John Tyndall Group of (4) Autograph Letters Signed6147 - John Tyndall Group of (4) Autograph Letters Signed
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Irish physicist (1820-1893) known for his study of diamagnetism and his realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air. Four ALSs fro
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James D. Watson Signed Book6148 - James D. Watson Signed Book
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Signed book: The Double Helix. Sixth printing. NY: Atheneum, 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 226 pages. Signed on the title page in blac
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Wilhelm Wundt Autograph Letter Signed6149 - Wilhelm Wundt Autograph Letter Signed
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German physician, physiologist, and philosopher (1832–1920) known as one of the founding figures of modern psychology. Uncommon untranslated ALS in Ge
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Steve Jobs Signed Macworld Magazine6150 - Steve Jobs Signed Macworld Magazine
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Original issue of Macworld #1 from February 1984, 144 pages, 9 x 10.75, signed and inscribed on the front cover in black ink, "to Matt, steven ...
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Steve Jobs Business Card6151 - Steve Jobs Business Card
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Original Apple Computer business card for Steve Jobs as chairman of the board, 3.5 x 2, featuring the company's colorful rainbow logo. The card&...
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Apple 'Think Different' Poster Set6152 - Apple 'Think Different' Poster Set
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Sought-after nearly complete ‘Educator Set’ of promotional posters issued for Apple’s iconic ‘Think Different’ campaign from 2000, containing nine of
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Steve Wozniak Signed Book6153 - Steve Wozniak Signed Book
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Signed book: iWoz [Chinese Edition]. Beijing, China: Beijing Normal University Press, 2007. Softcover, 6.75 x 9.5, 244 pages. Signed on the title page
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Simulator 240 Analog Computer with Patchboard6154 - Simulator 240 Analog Computer with Patchboard
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240 Simulator analog computer made by Simulators, Inc. of Northbrook, Illinois. The main 240 Simulator unit measures 20 x 26 x 22, and features colorf
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EAI MiniAC Analog Computer with Variplotter6155 - EAI MiniAC Analog Computer with Variplotter
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EAI MiniAC analog computer with EAI Variplotter 1110 plotter unit: the MiniAC measures 32.5 x 22 x 13, and the Variplotter measures 19 x 21 x 8.5. The
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JPL Carl Zeiss SMK 120 Stereo Photogrammetry Camera and Tripod6156 - JPL Carl Zeiss SMK 120 Stereo Photogrammetry Camera and Tripod
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Carl Zeiss SMK 120 stereophotogrammetry camera with large wooden tripod, each housed inside its own wooden case; the case for the camera has a NASA Je
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Antique William Wilton Theodolite Survey Instrument6157 - Antique William Wilton Theodolite Survey Instrument
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Antique brass theodolite surveying device manufactured by William Wilton, St. Day, Cornwall, featuring a 4.75? diameter silvered compass dial with bra
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Antique Short & Mason Anemometer6158 - Antique Short & Mason Anemometer
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Antique anemometer of lacquered brass construction, manufactured by Short & Mason of London, measuring 4.5? in diameter and 2? deep. In fine con...
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Biomedical Galvanic Skin Monitor and Brain Wave Monitor Lot of (2)6159 - Biomedical Galvanic Skin Monitor and Brain Wave Monitor Lot of (2)
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Interesting pairing of two biofeedback monitors made by Edmund Scientific of Barrington, New Jersey, housed in wooden 10? x 4.25? x 6? cases, includin
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Antique Graflex Series C Revolving Back Camera6160 - Antique Graflex Series C Revolving Back Camera
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Antique Graflex Series C revolving back camera, measuring 9? x 6? x 7? when folded, fitted with a Taylor-Hobson Cooke 6.5-in f/2.5 anastigmatic lens.
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