98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 193
A collection of a set of a goniometer and four measuring instruments
Friedrich Miller, Innsbruck, 315 x 164 mm, circa 1900
A goniometer in original wooden box
Case: steel, brass, glass.
In 1871 Friedrich Miller laid the foundations for "Miller Optik" at Heiliggeiststraße in Innsbruck (Wilten) with 500 Austrian gulden seed money. He had previously worked for Prof. Pfaundler as an engineer at the university. In cooperation with a sponsor Miller designed the first electric motor driven by a Bunsen cell, but unfortunately the inventors did not recognise the potential of their construction - it is now considered the forerunner of the Siemens dynamo. From 1880 to 1890 Miller devoted himself to the production of measuring instruments for scientific purposes and established a shop for high precision mechanics at Kochstraße. He eventually began producing and processing geodesic instruments (later as Miller Brothers).
Source: https://www.miller.at/Unternehmen/Firmenchronik
Friedrich Miller, Innsbruck, 315 x 164 mm, circa 1900
A goniometer in original wooden box
Case: steel, brass, glass.
In 1871 Friedrich Miller laid the foundations for "Miller Optik" at Heiliggeiststraße in Innsbruck (Wilten) with 500 Austrian gulden seed money. He had previously worked for Prof. Pfaundler as an engineer at the university. In cooperation with a sponsor Miller designed the first electric motor driven by a Bunsen cell, but unfortunately the inventors did not recognise the potential of their construction - it is now considered the forerunner of the Siemens dynamo. From 1880 to 1890 Miller devoted himself to the production of measuring instruments for scientific purposes and established a shop for high precision mechanics at Kochstraße. He eventually began producing and processing geodesic instruments (later as Miller Brothers).
Source: https://www.miller.at/Unternehmen/Firmenchronik
Sold
estimated
1.700—2.500 €
Price realized
1.500 €