PIKE'S 



^ 



ILLUSTRATED 



DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



O F 



OPTICAL, MATHEMATICAL, 



AND 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS, 



MANUFACTURED, IMPORTED, AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR; WITH 

 THE PRICES AFFIXED AT WHICH THEY ARE OFFERED IN 185R. 



WITH UPWARDS OF 750 ENGRAVINGS, 



MOSTLY ORIGINAL DESIGNS FROM THE INSTRUMENTS OP HIS E3T A BM3HMENT 

 IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OP 



ELECTRICITY, MECHANICS, 



GALVANISM, OPTICS, 



MAGNETISM, ASTRONOMY, 



ELECTRO-MAGNETISM, SURVEYING, 



PNEUMATICS, NAVIGATION, 



HYDROSTATICS, METEOROLOGY, 

 CHEMISTRY, &c., &c. 



Designed to aid Professors of Colleges, Teachers, and otnera, 



in the Selection and Use of Illustrative Apparatus. 



in every Department of Science. 



- BY BENJAMIN PIKE, JR., OPTICIAN. 



I N T WO VOLUMES. 



VOL. I. 

 SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED. 



NEW YORK: 

 PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR, 



AT HIS OPTICAL, MATHEMATICAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL 



INSTRUMENT MANUFACTORY, 



294 BROADWAY, 



A FEW DOORS ABOVE THE PARK. 



1856. 



