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1516 - Magnetron 2M172J from Domestic Microwave Oven

Toshiba,

1523 - Yaw Stabiliser Gyroscope

Norden,

1528 - Double Pole Double Throw Ceramic Switch

1549 - Coil with Commutator and Slip Rings

1572 - Pressure Gauge

Budenberg Gauge Co. Ltd,

1573 - Pressure Gauge

Floyd,

- Writings on Synchronome

N.R. Heckenberg et al.,

SYNCHRONOME COMPANY CHRONOLOGY 22.1.96 1896 Jackson and Harris formed. George St., Brisbane 1904 Harris bought out. Rights to name "Synchronome Co." purchased (maybe earlier?) Moved to Ann St (65-69?) Name "Synchronome Electrical...

1821 - Telegraph Sounder

England

This sounder was typically used in post offices between the middle of the 19th and 20th centuries to receive Morse Code messages, usually telegrams. The message would operate the sounder to produce a clacking sound representing the dots and...

409 - Box of Mercury Switches

Refer Catalogue number 2250

1428 - Sub mm Diode Detectors

1429 - Kinematic Mount for Linear Motion

Pye,

1430 - Rotation Table

W G Pye,

1431 - Large Pressure Gauge

1432 - Copper Boiler

1433 - T-Square Clive Croskell, Silky Oak

JGS,

1434 - 600 Ohm Dummy Load

UQ Physics,

Used in ionospheric research

1197 - Headphones

Q Plus,

1581 - Galvanometer

W G Pye & Co, England

1822 - Refracting Telescope

Ribright & Son, London, England (c.1780)

Decagonal mahogany tube with brass end fittings. Dust caps both ends. 3 lens erector (?) Eyepiece lens missing. Positive part of objective is missing. The layout of the optical system is shown below: According to Clifton, Directory of British...

1824 - Universal Galvanometer Shunt

Cambridge Instrument Co Ltd, England

This switched shunt provides varying degrees of sensitivity while retaining constant critical damping. A fixed value potentiometer is placed across the galvanometer terminals. The external connection is to a variable tap on the...

1826 - Pony Premo No. 3 Half Plate Camera

Rochester Optical Company, Rochester USA, Usa (circa 1905)

This is a Pony Premo Half Plate Camera, made circa 1905 by the Rochester Optical Company in the USA. The Rochester Optical Company and the Camera Company operated from 1899 to 1903. In 1907 it was acquired by by Kodak, the company that went on to...

1825 - Telegraph Galvanometer

Elliott Bros, London, England

Ruggedly made current detector for use by telegraph linemen. The vertical magnetic needle is deflected by the field of an internal electromagnet.

1578 - Audio Signal Generator

Australian Transistor Co., Australia

1579 - Metal Expansion Force Demonstration

A Gallenkamp and Co Ltd,

1580 - Exposure Meter

1582 - Surface Gauge

Standard Gage Co Inc, Usa

The dial gauge is mounted with the probe vertical, above a heavy sliding plate with an optically flat surface. The object to be tested is wrung on to the plate with a thin smear of oil. As the plate slides the gauge indicates the relative change in...

1591 - CRO Tube ICPI

Cossor,

1594 - Valve, Regulator DA3/VR-75

Philips,

1595 - Valve, Power Output Pentode E55L

Mullard,

1638 - Triode Valve FP625

GE,

1639 - Photocell

Mullard, England

1640 - Photocell

Philips, England

1641 - Electrostatics Demonstation Apparatus

Griffin?,

Conductor shaped to demonstrate stronger electric field at end with smaller radius.  

1642 - Electrocardiograph

Cardiotrace?, Australia

1643 - AVO Meter Type D

AVO,

1644 - Geiger Tube

20th Century Electronics,

1645 - Bolex H16 J Movie Camera

Bolex Switzerland, Switzerland (1974)

16mm movie camera. 16mm film was made by slicing down the middle of standard 35mm motion picture film stock and gave a good compromise for lighter, cheaper equipment while preserving acceptible image quality for domestic and small-scale...

1646 - Induction Coil for Stroboscope

H. Tinsley & Co Ltd London, England

1647 - Milliameter 500mA FSD DC

Victorian Meter Laboratory, Australia

1648 - Rotary microHenry Inductor

Unknown,

1649 - Watercooled Rectifier Stack

Unk, Usa

Three rectifiers mounted on a copper plate. Water flows through a tube around the plate periphery for cooling.

1650 - Dental X-Ray Tube

Unk,

1651 - 3 Adjustable Height Stands

W G Pye & Co, England

1652 - Plate on Insulated Stand

Unknown,

Used in lecture demonstrations of electrostatics.

1656 - Radio Valve Parts

Various, RCA, Usa

Parts for radio valves. Probably associated with Prof Arnold Reimann.

1657 - Meter 10mA

Radio Equipment Pty Ltd, Australia

1658 - Transistor Radio

HMV, Australia

Green plastic case, Zinc alloy fittings, PC board. Uses dry battery for power supply.

1659 - Vibrator Assembly

W.G. Pye & Co. Cambridge, England

1660 - Loudspeaker 8inch 8MIO

Rola Co Australia Pty Ltd, Australia

This speaker was used in domestic table radios.

1662 - Transistors, Valves, Sockets, Modules

Various,

1663 - FFI Modules

Unknown,

1664 - Laboratory Timer

W.G. Pye & Co. Cambridge, England

1665 - Tektronix Type L Plugin

Tektronix,

1666 - Compact Cassette Recorder

Philips,

1667 - Disk Operating System V3.20 (5.25")

Microsoft,

1668 - 778D Dual Directional Coupler 0.1-2.0 GHz

Hewlett Packard,

1669 - Fiber Optic Cable 2 Metres

Thor Labs,

1670 - Norden Rate Calculator

Norden,

1716 - PTI Ramsden Eyepiece (Illuminated) P. 2799 PLUQ C.359

1717 - 22.5cm Concave Mirror L669

Unknown,

1718 - Wooden Pulley on Screw 9662/27 PLUQ L. 126

G Cussons Ltd, Manchester, England

1709 - Constant Dev. Spectrometer

Bausch and Lamb,

1721 - Large Balance Masses (<10gk) Incomplete

Masses up to 10kg

1722 - Gas Flow Rate Meter P4766

GAP,

1741 - Electric Radiator 240V 4.1A Pat. 3403/21 Reg Des. 39067

Waratah,

1755 - Demo Hydraulic Lift

Griffin,

1758 - Moving Coil Loudspeaker (Permanent Magnet)

1787 - Robertson Electroscope

1811 - Windows for case of CSIR Ionosonde

1810 - Billiard Cue. Marked 22 H.B.B. On Metal Cover

1827 - VZ200 Colour Computer

Dick Smith Electronics, Other (circa 1983)

One of the first cheap domestic personal computers available in Australia. Processor Z80 running at 3.8MHZ ROM 16K RAM 8K, expandable to 24K Interfaces Cassette, RF and video, I/O, expansion Keyboard 45 rubber keys Display 32 x 16 lines text...

1828 - VZ300 Colour Computer

Dick Smith Electronics, Other (circa 1985)

 

1827 - VZ200 Colour Computer

Dick Smith Electronics, Other

Early personal computer of the 1980s. Data was recorded on magnetic tape cassettes. It was designed to be used with a printer, and with joysticks to play games. The memory could be increased by connecting memory modules.

1828 - VZ300 Colour Computer

Dick Smith Electronics,

Basic home personal computer of mid-1980s.

1829 - Galileo Thermometer

NMSI Enterprises Ltd, China

This apparatus illustrates the effect of temperature on the density of liquids. Each of the globes is filled with a liquid and weighted, so that above some particular temperature the globe sinks to the bottom of the liquid column,...
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