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1007 - Double eyepiece attachment for microscope

Ernst Leitz Wetzlar,

1008 - Gunsight lamp globe

GEC Ltd. ,

1009 - Camera Lucida

UNK,

1010 - Outside Micrometer 4"-5"

The LS Starrett Co. , Usa

4-5 inch micrometer and accessories in an oak box. Includes adjustable rods for transferring inside measurements. Also 2" and 3" fixed rods. The yoke has bakelite grips to reduce the effects of body heat. The screw advances 25 thousands of an inch...

1011 - Photo Exposure Meter EMM-6

Olympus,

1012 - Oscilloscope Type 543B

Tektronix Guernsey Ltd,

1013 - Lab stand and clamps

UNK,

1015 - Box of negatives of glass slides

UNK,

A box of negatives of the glass lantern slides of item 1814.

1016 - Brass Gyroscope

Griffin, London,

A small brass gyroscope for teaching purposes. A string wound around the axle was to rapidly spin the rotor so that the properties of a gyroscope could be observed. The gimbal mounts allow the balanced rotor to maintain its orientation even though...

1018 - Box of photosensitive devices

UNK,

The box contains solid state Ge transistors, and photocells (possibly Selenium).

1019 - Mercury Vacuum Gauge

Griffin, England

The unit is a U-tube filled with Mercury. Application of pressure or vacuum in one arm lowers or raises the column on that side. The pressure or vacuum is shown as the difference in levels between the two columns ie as so many millimetres of Mercury...

1020 - Electronic component made in physics workshop

KJB,

1021 - Ampere Apparatus Part

Max Kohl, Chemnitz, Germany

1023 - Electroscope on stand

W. G. Pye & Co. Cambridge, England

The deflection of a foil leaf in an enclosure may be viewed through a lens.

1024 - Lighthouse tube in cavity

UNK,

1025 - Lindeman electrometer with projection screen

UNK,

1026 - Scale Rule

Harling London, England

1027 - Amp meter

UNK,

1028 - Prism Spectrometer

Philip Harris Ltd,

1029 - Mesh, Nickel, Mica, Gold Wire, Foam rubber

Various,

1030 - Microbarograph

UQ Physics Workshop,

1031 - Cadmium Lamp

OSRAM,

1032 - Phase Contrast Microscope

Olympus,

1033 - 0.01 Ohm , plus unknown R

PLUQ,

1034 - Nuclear spectrometer LB 2040

Barthold ,

1035 - Radio Earphones, Various

Various,

1036 - DPDT knife switch

UNK,

1037 - Nuclear radiation counter

Siemens Henley, Australia

1038 - Box of Carbon Rods

Various,

1039 - VSWR Bridge and accessories

Wiltron Co. ,

1040 - Bell Box - telephone

UNK,

1041 - Precision condenser

General Radio Co. ,

1043 - Electric Thimble Element

UNK,

1044 - Telescope

UNK,

1869 - Box of microscope slides

Cenco Scientific Company,

1046 - Imperial scale rule

W&G, Australia

1047 - Little Daisy Heat Diffuser

UNK,

1048 - Galvanometer Scale

Philip Harris & Co. Limited ,

1050 - 11570A Accessory Kit

Hewlett-Packard,

1051 - Atomic Spectral Lamp, Chromium

Atomic Spectral Lamps Pty Ltd. ,

1052 - Radio Valve C1150/1

English Electric Valve Co. Ltd. , England

1053 - Dionic Conductivity Tube

Evershed & Vignoles Ltd, London., England

1054 - High Tension Probe

Teletronix Inc. ,

1055 - Electrometer High Tension Probe

Keithley Instruments Inc.,

1056 - Time delay relay

Siemens,

1057 - Photomultiplier tube

EMI,

1059 - Resistance Ratio Box

Victorian Meter Laboratory,

1061 - 10.6m attenuator for CO2 laser

UQ Physics Workshop,

1062 - Triode Valve 300B

Sovtek, Ussr

Power Triode. Used in early cinema amplifiers. Now popular with Hi-fi enthusiasts.

1064 - 11kV AC Insulator Assembly

UNK,

1065 - Model C pH Electrometer

N. L. Jones, Sandringham, Victoria, Australia

1066 - Tachometer

Max Kohl, AG, Germany

A mechanical revolution counter that with a stopwatch serves as a tachometer. Two scales are marked 10 to 40 and 3 to 12. Covers the range 100 RPM (revolutions per minute) to 4000 RPM. Several adaptors allow connection to different shafts.

1067 - Experimental Mechanics Apparatus

G Cussons, The Technical Works ,

1068 - Weston Normal cell

Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd. , England

1069 - Standard Cell Weston

H. Tinsley & Co. , England

1070 - Variable Resistor 25R

Robt. W. Paul London N., England

1073 - Gamma Ray Detector

UNK,

Scintillator crystal and photomultiplier

1074 - Small Ruhmkorff Coil

1075 - Car Ignition Coil

UNK, Usa

1076 - H.R. Gamma Detector

EKCO Electronics Ltd,

1077 - 1 Ohm Lab Resistor

Gambrell Bros. Ltd. London, England

1078 - Reference Cell

Muirhead Limited, England

Voltage standard reference cell.

1079 - Morse Key

UNK,

1080 - Weston Milliammeter model 269

Weston Electrical Instrument Co., Newark, N.J., U.S.A., Usa

1081 - Weston 3A Shunt

Weston Elect. Inst. Corp.,

Weston meters are designed to use current shunts having a voltage drop of 50 milliVolts at the full current rating of the shunt. This shunts carries a maximum current of 3 Amps. It has 4 terminals, two large ones for connecting to the circuit...

1082 - Pye Standard lab resistors

1083 - Paul standard resistors

Robt. W. Paul London N.,

Standard laboratory resistors calibrated for 20 degrees Centigrade.

1084 - Variable air condenser Type D-14-B

Muirhead & Co. Ltd,

1085 - X-ray diffraction camera

1086 - Natural Quartz Crystal

1087 - Precision mica condenser

H W Sullivan Ltd London, England

1088 - Metal tube (large)

1089 - Metal tube (small)

1090 - AVO Meter

1091 - Perspex prism in mount

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