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1769 - Konica EE-Matic 35mm Camera

Konica, Japan

1770 - Demonstration AC-DC Electric Motor

1771 - Valve, QBL5-3500, and socket

Philips, Other

Valve from TV transmitter

1772 - CRO Recording Camera

Used by Ionospheric Group

1773 - Attachments from Engineering Pressure Instrument

1774 - Acoustic Interferometer

1775 - High Voltage Shorting Wand

Unknown,

These were used to discharge capacitors at a high voltage eg Leyden Jars

1776 - Terrestrial Globe 'Revere' Modified to track Propagation Paths

Replogle and UQ Physics Workshop,

1620 - Valve Double Diode 5U4GB

Australia

1621 - Valve, pentode 6AH6

Toshiba, Japan

1622 - Valve, Beam Power Tetrode, 6DQ6A

Mullard, Australia

1623 - Valve Double Diode 5AR4/G234

CEI (supplier?), England

1624 - Valve Double Triode VT-99/6F8G

Ken-Rad, Usa

1625 - Valve Double Triode 6SL7GT

Radiotron, England

1626 - Valve Twin Triode E182CC/7119

Philips, Other

1627 - Valve triode P535/1E

STC, England

 

1628 - Thermal Delay Relay 115C2T

Amperite, Usa

1630 - He Ne Laser

Laser Electronics Pty Ltd, Australia

1631 - He Ne Laser

Laser Electronics Pty Ltd, Australia

The HeNe laser was the first successful gas laser and the first to have a continuous output. In 1961, a group at Bell Laboratories were able to excite Ne atoms in a low pressure gas and make them lase in the infrared part of the spectrum. Eighteen...

1604 - Valve, Beam Power Tetrode 6146A

RCA, Usa

The 6146A transmitting valve was a modification of the 6146. The 6146 was more compact than, and replaced, the revered 807 valve, having greater sensitivity, and capable of operating efficiently on the 2 meter (up to 175MHz) band. The valve was also...

1603 - Valve, Beam Power Tetrode 4CX250B/7203

Eimac, Usa

The 4CX250B valve is a ceramic and metal version of the earlier glass and metal 4CX150A. It can operate at a higher temperature and therefore has a greater heat dissipation rating (250 Watts vs 150 watts). The 4CX250B is a compact forced-air-cooled...

1602 - valve Transmitting Tetrode QBL5/3500

Philips, England

This is one of a line of glass and copper-finned transmitting valves manufactured by Philips for broadcasting and TV transmitters. This valve is designed to provide output in the range two to four kiloWatts. This valve will provide full output to 75...

1601 - Numerical Indicator Tube Z550M/ZM1050

Mullard,

This indicator tube was used as a readout indicator for electronic counters in the 1950s and 1960s.

77 - Avomet

Avometer, Other

78 - Portable Wattmeter

A.J. William Elec. Instr., Melbourne, Australia (1960)

79 - Precision Avometer

Avo Ltd, London, England

80 - Galvanometer

H. Tinsley & Co., London, England

81 - Post Office Box

A. Gallenkamp & Co., London, England

82 - PCB Printing Frame

Unknown, (circa 1965)

This frame holds stencil and copper sided board together, while the assembly is exposed to a strong light source, or UV source. When the board is subsequently placed in an etching solution (Ferric Chloride or Hydrogen Peroxide) the copper is removed...

83 - Morse Code Key

unknown, (circa 1965)

Brass fittings on a wooden base, with wiring underneath. Standard hand key design. Possible made by an apprectice as a workshop exercise. The patch of blue paint indicates that it was used in a teaching laboratory.

85 - Connection Box

W.G. Pye & Co., Cambridge, England

Small connector panel. Heavy brass bussbars on a bakelite base can be connected using brass plugs.

86 - Optical Pyrometer

Foster Instrument Co., England

87 - Type 1L10 Spectrum Analyser Plug-in Unit

Tektronix, Usa (circa 1965)

Plug-in unit for oscilloscope

88 - Audio Frequency Oscillator

Philips, Holland

Type GM2317/01Philips Nr.D.3562, 6 ranges 100Hz-50kHz, 35W 110-245V 40-100Hz

89 - Camera Lens

T.S. & W. Taylor, Leicester, England

Marked T.S. &W Taylor, Leicester, with iris wheel 6-1/2x4-1/2 rectr, eq.foc 7in

90 - Camera Lens

Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Leicester, England

Marked Taylor Taylor & Hobson, Leicester 82 x 61 R.R. Eq. foc. 11.5 in No. 5811. Has iris diaphragm and leather cap

91 - Potentiometer

J.L. William, Melbourne, Australia

92 - 1 ohm Resistance Box

Robt. W. Paul, London, N., England (circa 1910)

94 - Front Silvered Mirror

Front silvering removes image caused by partial reflection off front surface when back is silvered.

95 - Front Silvered Mirror

Used for optical experiments.

96 - Resistance Box

Leeds and Northrup, Usa

97 - Regnault's Hygrometer

Griffin, London, England

A brass tube that acts as both the system's exhaust and stand, is screwed into a brass and lead base engraved with "Griffin, London". A brass T tube fits into the top of the stand, into which two glass L tubes fit into either arm. Two identical...

98 - Ionization Chamber

99 - Spectrometer

Precision Tool and Instrument Co. Ltd, England

100 - A.M. Bubble Sextant Mark IX

England (WW II)

Black japanned metal case with rubber rimmed eyepiece at back and open slot at front where a black drum houses the clockwork automatic averaging attachment. The left half of the sextant carries the bubble and its collimating system, which together...

101 - Scalamp Fluxmeter

W.G. Pye & Company, Cambridge, England

Ballistic galvanometer with inbuilt lamp and scale. 100 cm2-turns search coil.

103 - HP 425A DC Micro Volt-Ammeter

Hewlett Packard, USA,

104 - Stopwatch

Switzerland

105 - Glassblower's Burner

Griffin, London, England

This burner was probably the one used by the Dutch glass blower who worked in the UQ Physics Dept until the 1960s.

107 - Optical Rangefinder AP-10080

Research Enterprises Limited, Canada, Canada (1943)

108 - Portable Mercury Barometer

A.L. Franklin, Sydney s/n 108 1944, Australia (1944)

The barometer stands approximately one metre high and has its original lacquered and black finish. It is virtually identical to that made by Short and Mason, London (cat no.109), also shown in the picture. There is a plate attached to the front...

109 - Barometer, Portable Mercury Mark 1*

Short & Mason, London, England (WW II)

110 - Magnetometer

(WW II)

111 - Oscilloscope Model 509B

BWD, Australia

1632 - Filters in Drawers

1633 - Box of Optical Components

various ,

1634 - Electrostatics Kit in Box

1635 - HeNe Laser

Spectra Physics, Usa

1636 - Norden Bombsight Optical Platform

Norden,

2043 - Galileo Telescope Replica

Norman Heckenberg, Australia (2009)

This telescope was built in 2009 by Professor Norman Heckenberg to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo's use of the telescope to observe the surface of the Moon and discover satellites orbiting Jupiter. It is based on surviving telescopes...

- Camera Lucida

France

Wollaston pattern camera lucida made in France. The device allows simultaneous viewing of a scene and a piece of paper on a desk, so that a pencil can follow the outlines of the object being drawn. One of a  series of lenses can be placed in...

1397 - Organ Pipe with Window

This wooden organ pipe has one glass side.

- The Radon Laboratory

In 1936 Hugh Webster was appointed to a lectureship jointly funded by UQ, the Qld Cancer Trust and the Brisbane and South Coast Hospitals Board with the aim of setting up a plant for the production of radioactive radon gas to be used in cancer...

1809 - Bribie Island South Recreational Map

QLD Dept. of Mapping and Surveying,

1808 - National NV-M5A VHS Movie Camera

National,

1804 - Waveguide Section with Chokes

Unknown,

1780 - Box of Resistors

1781 - Prism in Frame

1782 - Nuclear Medicine Syringes

Steriking,

1783 - Volt Ratio Box

Tinsley,

1785 - Right Angle Prism

1788 - Robot Recorder Unit

Robot. Germany, Germany

1789 - Null Voltage Test Set

H. Tinsley. London, England

1790 - LD Parallel Plate Capacitor

W.G. Pye & Co. Cambridge, England

1777 - Box of old First Year Lab. Experiments

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