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924 - Photomultiplier tube, 9661B

EMI,

925 - Rectifier valve 5Z4

AWA, Australia

926 - Power Frequency Meter

Gossen,

927 - Mercury Vapour Rectifier Valve DCG 3/1000E

Philips, Usa

Half-wave mercury vapour rectifier, used in high voltage power supplies for transmitters and industrial equipment.

928 - Miniature Neon Lamp

UNK,

929 - Mechanical Relay Counter 5 Digit

Telephone & Electrical Industries P/L,

930 - EHT Rectifier LB120

International Rectifier , Usa

Half-wave high voltage rectifier,consisting of a series of solid-state rectifying elements in series, encapsulated in plastic (bakelite?).

931 - Integrated Circuit M5B771239/MA70ZC

Fairchild,

This is an Integrated Circuit (IC) in a 10 leg package. It contains an audio amplifier and comparator chips. 

932 - Adaptor Edison screw to bayonet

GE, USA. , Usa

This adaptor allows an Edison Screw based globe to be plugged into a 2 pin Standard Bayonet Socket.

933 - Auto Balance Precision Bridge B331

Wayne Kerr, USA. , Usa

934 - Valve Characteristic Meter Mark IV

AVO Ltd., England. , England

935 - Screw Pitch Measuring Machine

National Standards Lab, Australia , Australia

936 - Pocket Barometer

J. Casartelli, Manchester , England

This is a pocket-watch sized aneroid barometer, with gearing to drive a needle on a circular scale. The range is from 23 centimetres to 31 centimetres of Mercury.

937 - Computer magnetic core memory

ICL,

938 - Optical Pyrometer

Leeds and Northrup,

939 - Vibration Galvanometer

Tinsley, England

940 - Digital Multimeter MM-35

Nippan Co Ltd, Japan

941 - Potentiometer

W. G. Pye & Co. Cambridge, England

942 - RC oscillator No 1

AWA,

943 - Sine and square wave oscillator 140A

BWD Electronics, Melbourne , Australia

944 - Travelling Microscope

C.I. Co. ,

945 - Vidicon tubes

EMI Various, England

The front window has a photosensitive mosaic target. Electrons fired at the target in a scanning pattern are returned to an electron multiplier assembly.

946 - Portable Contamination Monitor

EMI Electronics Ltd,

947 - Klystron

EMI Varian Ltd ,

948 - pH meter 1 scale

W. G. Pye & Co. Cambridge, England

949 - pH meter 2 scale

W. G. Pye & Co. Cambridge, England

950 - Magnetron Magnet Assembly

UNK,

951 - Laboratory Timer

Foreign,

952 - Oscilloscope Camera Time Lapse

UNK,

953 - Electrostatic Voltmeter

Max Kohl, Chemnitz, Germany

954 - Morse Key

W. G. Pye & Co. Cambridge, England

955 - Box of balance weights

Griffin & Tatlock Ltd.,

956 - Students Potentiometer

J. L. William Scientific Instruments, Melbourne , Australia

958 - Microscope

Reichart,

959 - Student Beam Balance

Griffin & George Ltd.,

960 - Slide Resistor # 1

UNK,

961 - Slide Resistor # 2 10R

UNK,

962 - Slide Resistor # 3 3R

UNK,

963 - Slide Resistor # 4 55R

UNK,

964 - Helium - Neon Laser

Radiation Research,

966 - Springbow compasses

unknown,

967 - Galvanometer multi light path

Honeywell/Advanced Instruments ,

968 - Colorimeter

Evans Electroselenium Ltd,

969 - pH Electrometer Model R

NL Jones Scientific Instrument, Australia

970 - Stand

Max Kohl, Chemnitz, Switzerland

971 - Camera, Oscilloscope

Crouzet,

972 - Objective, Dispersion Staining

McCrone Associates ,

973 - Microscope Lamp

Leica,

974 - Camera Lucida

M Watson & Sons Ltd. , England

An attachment for a  microscope that allows the user to simultaneously view the microscope image and a sheet of paper on the table. A accurate drawing can then be made by 'tracing' around the specimen. In a fitted wooden box.

975 - Cathode Ray Tube (dissected)

976 - Camera Lucida

Ernst Leitz, Germany

A Camera Lucida was used in daylight to project an object or scene in front of the observer, on to a flat surface eg a piece of paper. The observer used the projected image to sketch the object or scene on to paper. This was a popular pastime on the...

977 - Portable Potentiometer

Cambridge Instrument Co., England

978 - Discharge Tubes, Box of 8

Unknown,

979 - Box of HeNe laser tubes

Various,

980 - CD Reader

UNK,

981 - Norden Bombsight

UNK, Usa (WW II)

Part of a WW II gyroscopic bombsight.

982 - Gyroscope & PSU

UNK,

983 - DC Ammeter

Siemens Halske, Germany

984 - Variometer

Igranic,

985 - Bookleaf Capacitor

UNK,

986 - Double Pole, Double Throw Knife Switch

UNK,

989 - Single Pole, Single Throw Knife Switch

UNK,

990 - Crystal Detector

UNK, Australia

The unit is incomplete. It consists only of the catswhisker, ball and socket plates, and handle. Also included are parts of an Ebro (Aust) detector, baseplate and end ring to retain the cylindrical cover. Plus a mass of Galena (Lead Sulphide...

991 - Filament Rheostat

United Scientific Lab Inc. ,

992 - Bakelite switch

Pilot,

993 - Calculator LC 150

Hanimex,

This is a basic arithmetic pocket calculator, with LCD readout. It is powered by a single button cell.

994 - Concave Mirror

995 - Olympus Microscope Camera

Olympus, Japan

996 - Corona Discharge Demo Kit

997 - Foot Pedal (switch)

998 - Tuning Stub (RF)

999 - Lamp for reflecting galvanometer

G & G,

1001 - Crystal Set

Homebrew N.R.H.,

1003 - Ayrton-Mather Static Voltmeter

Robt. W. Paul London N., England

This is an electrostatic voltmeter meant to be mounted on a wall. It could measure DC or AC voltages up to 250V. It had a very high input impedance but the response time was about 15 s.

1005 - K-band Waveguide Wavemeter

UNK,

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