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1538 - Valve Pentode 6EW6

AWV Co. P/L, Australia

This valve was designed as a sharp cutoff RF pentode, used as an IF amplifier in black and white TV receivers.

1539 - Valve Double Diode 6X4/EZ90

Philips, Japan

This was used as a full-wave rectifier valve in power supplies in domestic radio receivers.

1540 - Valve Pentagrid 6CS6

AWV Co. P/L, Australia

This valve was used as a gated amplifier or combined sync separator and sync clipper, in black and white TV receivers.

1541 - Valve Triode 6GK5

AWV Co. P/L, Australia

This valve was used as a VHF grounded cathode amplifier, in TV tuners in black and white TV receivers.

1542 - Valve Triode Pentode 6HG8

AWV Co. P/L, Australia

This valve was used as an oscillator/mixer in VHF tuners in black and white TV receivers. It was usually paired with the 6GK5 RF amplifier valve.

1543 - Valve Double Triode 6ES8

AWV Co. P/L, Australia

This valve was used as a cascode RF amplifier in VHF tuners in black and white TV receivers.

1544 - cross section display of transistors and ICs

Various,

Box contains: 2N277 power transistor opened Motorola 2N4976 untouched complete plastic cased transistor TRW 8 pin metal cased IC opened 10 pin metal cased IC opened 10 pin metal cased IC U5R7723393 complete untouched Fairchild 16 pin DIL...

1545 - Precision standard cell

Muirhead Limited,

1546 - Admiralty standard heating element

Elliott Engineering Ltd,

1547 - Admiralty standard heating element

REVO,

1548 - Variable slide resistor

Synchro-Tac Instrument Co P/L , Australia

1550 - Angle of sight instrument (Mark II)

E. R. Watts and Son Ltd., England (1927)

Contains a small telescope and a bubble level that can be seen simultaneously with a distant target. When the target lines up with the bubble, the angle of elevation can be read off the adjuster scale.

1551 - Capillary discharge tube (Hydrogen)

GEC Ltd., UK. , England

1552 - Rod and ball discharge sticks

UNK,

1553 - Valve decade counter module

Hewlett-Packard Co. ,

1554 - Electronic calculator CX -8100

Sanyo Electric Co Ltd,

1555 - Up Down counter

UNK,

1557 - Constant Deviation Prism

Hilger, England

This prism is used in a spectrometer with fixed objective and eyepiece tubes. The prism sits on a rotating table between the tubes. As it rotates, it sweeps the spectral lines across the field of the eyepiece. A calibrated cylinder is part of...

1558 - 11581A Attenuator set

Hewlett-Packard, Usa

The container holds two detectors and four attenuators. Used in combination with precision voltmeters

1559 - Stabilised arc lamp

Magda,

1560 - Antenna Mast AN 104-A

Camfield Mkg Co. ,

1561 - HV Demonstration apparatus (?)

Max Kohl, AG, Switzerland

1562 - Vernier Calipers

Central Scientific Co. ,

1563 - Chalkboard compasses

UNK,

1564 - Longrange signalling lamp

Aldis Bros. Ltd. ,

1565 - Glass vacuum dome/bell jar ****DEACCESSIONED 15/4/2014

Pyrex,

Donated to Bernard Mostert for materials project, UQ Physics.

1566 - Townson portable conductivity meter

T.P.S. Pty Ltd,

1567 - Townson oxygen analyser

T.P.S. Pty Ltd,

1568 - Station pointer & distance off calculator

East Berks Boat Co. ,

1569 - Personal computer

Corona Data Systems Inc. ,

1570 - Glass battery jar

Tudor,

1571 - Photocell on stand

UNK,

1574 - Depth measuring line

UNK,

1575 - HF Radio Receiver BC-312-M

UNK,

1599 - valve, Power Output Pentode 6G6G/VT-198-A

National Union, Usa (Jan 1945)

Octal-based audio power output valve.

1598 - Valve, Power Pentode EL360

Mullard, England

Audio power output valve. Resembles EL36/6CM5

1597 - Valve, Regulator Tube, 85A2/0G3

Mullard, England

Neon filled valve for supplying a constant voltage ca 85V to connected circuits.

1596 - Valve, Voltage Stabiliser, ZZ1040

Siemens, Germany

100 Volt Voltage Stabilising Valve

- Valve, Power Output Pentode E55L

Mullard, England

Audio Output Amplifying Valve.

1671 - Norden Gyro Platform

Norden, Usa (WW II)

1672 - Norden Gyro Platform

Norden, Usa (WW II)

1673 - Precision balance bridge B331

Wayne Kerr,

1674 - Rheostat

Synchro-Tac Instrument Co P/L, Australia

1675 - Rheostat

Synchro-Tac Instrument Co P/L, Australia

1676 - Resistance Box

Gallenkamp, London, England

1677 - CV 2245 Radio Valve

This valve is a VHF air-cooled tetrode. It has a thoriated Tungsten filament. It is mounted with the fins pointing downwards. Forced air cooling is required, through the fins upwards, with the air directed over the envelope and base pins. The CV...

1678 - Variable condenser

H. Tinsley & Co., England

1679 - Telescopic Alidade

Tamura, Japan

1689 - Argon ion laser tube

Spectra-Physics,

1692 - Spectrometer PLUQ C998 Spencer

American Optical Co. ,

1693 - Spectrometer P2952

Griffin & George Ltd., England

1694 - Inductance and capacity bridge E176

Tinsley & Co., London, England

1695 - Hygrometer

Negretti & Zambra, London, England

1696 - Prado slide projector (35mm)

Leitz,

1697 - Galvanometer key switches (2)

W. G. Pye & Co. Cambridge, England

1698 - Pyrometer, disappearing filament

Cambridge Instrument Co., England

This pyrometer consists of a telescope with red filter. It is focussed on the source to be tested. The source becomes a background for an internal filament, which is connected to an external battery through a rheostat. The rheostat is adjusted until...

1699 - Continuous balance unit, electronic

Honeywell, England

1700 - Atomiser BA 02561

UNK,

1705 - Travelling Microscope

Cambridge PLUQ B 196, England

1706 - Set of precision angle gauges

Hilger & Watts, England

1707 - Bar magnets in cedar box

1708 - Reduction gearbox

W. G. Pye & Co. Cambridge,

1712 - Cathetometer

Griffin & George Ltd., England

1714 - Variable condenser type 3553 PLUQ C. 546

H. Tinsley & Co., England

1719 - Cussons parts

1720 - Set of pen stencils

Uno, England, England

1723 - Board with 32x20x4 core memory sticks

Electronic Memories Inc, USA. , Usa

This is a memory board used in a minicomputer. It uses ferrite cores for memory storage.

1724 - MO-VIIPL/PDPII board

PDP, Usa

This is a memory board used in PDP11 minicomputers.

1725 - H-217D board size 16K x 16 (375)

DEC, Usa

This is a memory board used in DEC minicomputers.

1730 - Neodymium laser unit (flash pumped)

1731 - Photometric Atlas of the Solar Spectrum

1732 - Extension bars for trammel

Unknown,

1733 - Kater's pendulum (incomplete)

1734 - Adjustable spark gap

1735 - Electrode potentials apparatus I level

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