The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated out of the Original Greek and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. Printed by Daniel Fanshaw, For the American Bible Society, Instituted in New-York, in the year 1816.
1844 (printing year?)
Miniature Bible. Original leather cover, has all pages, some handwritten words
Found buried in a wall of my home while doing construction (house was built prior to 1900)
Cover is damaged, inside pages are in good condition.
This is an antique secretary desk bought from a next door neighbor. It was left in the home after the elderly owner died. I would like to know value of it and era. I am sorry I know nothing else of this piece.
It appears to be solid wood. The drawers have no rollers...they slide in over wood base.
This a pair of rare Drift Meters used by the United States on bombing raids. Nicely mounted on heavy plaques for display. They were amazingly hi-tech devices for their time, are great conversation pieces, and worthy of being in a museum. Manufactured by the Pioneer Instrument Division of Bendix Aviation, and were used on bombing aircraft during WWII by the navigator to measure wind conditions in order to navigate the aircraft (especially at high altitudes). From my research, I have found out that they were at least used on the following aircraft: C-47, Boeing B17D "Swoose", Douglas C-124, Modified Halifax bombers (Royal Air Force 518 Meteorlogical Squadron) and the B-25B (Mitchell). Notably, a squadron of sixteen B-25B's were used in the DooLittle Raid on Japan on April 18th, 1942 (four months after Pearl Harbor).
Both units have the metal plates with the Model and Serial Number. One of the units also has a metal plate with "Instructions for Use", all still quite legible. Overall these are in great condition. They came from the estate of an avid WWII aircraft memoribilia collector, and displayed indoors.
