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2432 - Map-Measure with Magnetic Needle

Sakurai, Tokyo,

2434 - Cambridge Portable Potentiometer

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd, England

2435 - Electrostatic Voltmeter 5kV

Max Kohl A.G., Chemnitz, Germany

2435 - Electrostatic Voltmeter 5kV

Max Kohl A.G., Chemnitz, Germany

2436 - Assay Balance

Oertling, London, England

2437 - Demonstration Hydraulic Lift

Griffin, London, England

2441 - Bell Jar

Unknown,

2438 - Section of Edison Tube

Edison,

2439 - Variac. Adjustable Transformer Type 100-R

Warburton-Franki, Brisbane, Australia

2440 - Edison Fireside Phonograph, Combination Type

Thomas A Edison et als, Orange NJ, Usa

2476 - Three AR7 Coil Boxes

Kingsley Radio, Sydney, Australia

2442 - Microwave Directional Coupler

Siemens, Germany

2443 - All Transistor Radio, Kriesler 41-26

Kriesler A/asia Pty Limited, Australia

six transistors, one diode OC170 Converter OC169 IF Amp (2 of) OA80 Detector OC75 AF Amp OC74 (2 of) Push-Pull AF Output

- Universal AC/DC Motor Drive

Universal, Brisbane, Australia

The drive shaft has a rubber cone, with plastic disk backing. This motor was used to run gyroscopes up to speed in lecture demonstrations.

2445 - Macintosh Powerbook 100 Computer

Apple, Usa

2446 - Rectangular Glass vase

Foreign,

2447 - Rubik's Cube

Unknown, Usa

2448 - Synchronous Motor and Gearbox

Telechron, General Electric, Usa

2449 - Dekatron Tube

Unknown,

2450 - Lamps, Projector and Lighting

Various,

2451 - Quartz Clock

Silcon, Hong Kong, Other

2452 - Mechanical Clock Movement

Kienzle, Germany

Early electrically wound striking clock movement in poor condition.

2453 - Assman Hygrometer (2)

Casella, London, England

2454 - Transmitting Valve QBL 3.5/2000

Philips, Holland

2455 - Electric Clocks

Simplex, Communication Systems of Australia P/L, Australia

1843 - Set of Troy Masses

Unknown,

2456 - Box of Material Scraps

Various,

33 items of metal, mineral, plastic, glass, alloy, ceramic. used by Dr Heckenberg in instrument design classes.

2457 - SAFTPAK Isolation Transformer

Gaythorne Radio (Gayrad), Australia

2458 - Apparatus, Unknown Purpose

Unknown, Usa

2459 - Norden M9 Bombsight (2)

Victor Adding Machine Co., Usa

2460 - Copper Boiler

Unknown,

2461 - Infra-Red Detectors

Societe Anonyme de Telecommunications, France

Metal Dewar flask, embedded HgTe - Cd Te diode detector Cooled to liquid N2 temperature Doped Ge window, passband 4-14 um Used to detect rapid (MHz) variations in CO2 lasers.

2462 - Oven Turntable Motor

Toshiba Heating Appliances Co Ltd, Japan

2424 - Diodes and transistors

2444 - Electric Motor

Small motor used to drive rotational mechanics lecture demonstrations.

2400 - AC Voltmeter

A. J. William, Melbourne, Australia

2464 - Optical Pieces

Various outside Australia,

2466 - AC Ammeter Model 155

Weston Electrical Instrument Co,

2463 - Pulfrich Photometer

Carl Zeiss, Jena., Germany

Instruments, such as this one, were widely used for concentration measurements in medical applications. Two light beams pass through envettes (missing), containing liquids of interest, and are brought to comparison by an observer, through a system...

2469 - AC Range Box for Unipivot Meter

Cambridge Instrument Co Pty Ltd, England

2470 - Drum Microscope

Unknown,

The microscope is mounted on top of the box that it is stored in. It would have been used in the field, possibly for examining flora, geological specimens and pond water.  

2471 - AC/DC Voltmeter

Unknown, Germany

2472 - Valve Rectifier 12G-K17

Matsuda (Mazda), Japan

This is a half-wave high-voltage rectifier, used as a damper diode in B/W TV receivers, in the EHT section.

2473 - "Ascol" Pocket Spray

Ayrton Saunders & Co. Ltd., Liverpool, England

This is an atomiser. The bulb is squeezed, and sprays a fine mist into the operator's mouth. When the bulb is squeezed, it blows a high speed jet of air across the tip of a venturi tube. The reduced pressure raises liquid up the venturi from...

2474 - Opthalmascope

Hamblin, London, England

The operator views through a peephole in the upper thumbwheel. Rotation of the thumbwheel selects lenses of different powers. Illumination from a battery-powered filament, is reflected into the eye through a 45 degree mirror, which has a peephole...

2475 - Nuclear Warfare Pamphlet

Director Civil Defence NSW,

Hoseholders' Handbook for Nuclear Warfare

2476 - Three AR7 Coil Boxes

Kingsley Radio, Sydney, Australia

2495 - railway caliper

Carter Tools, Australia,

This instrument was used on NSW railways but its exact application is unknown. If a cylindrical object is placed between its jaws and the central slider is brought up to touch it, the scale reads directly the diameter. Simple trigonometry (left as...

2477 - Post Office Wheatstone Bridge

T.E.P.L. Melbourne, Australia (1941)

2478 - APO meter No. 3

Master Instruments Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia

2481 - Laboratory Resistor 10K ohms

Philip Harris & Co. Ltd Birmingham, England

2479 - Hope No 51 Slide Rule

unknown,

2480 - Fifty Cycle Inverter Model VR58FF

Van Ruyter,

2482 - ATM High-Speed Relay 414

unknown, (c. 1900 (?))

Telegraph relay. Rocking armature with contacts either side of leaf.

2483 - Weston Current Transformer Model 539

Weston Electrical Instruments Corp., Newark, N.J., Usa

2484 - Fowlers Extra Long Scale Slide Rule

Fowlers (Calculators) Ltd, Sale, England (1948)

Calculator design celebrates 50 years from founding of the company by William Henry Fowler (1898) Long scale (equivalent to 79 in long rule) allows 4 decimal places or better.

2485 - Silicon wafers

unknown,

5 inch   DE243- 91215- 16E1 CJ 8 inch  SIDMSE- 17D64- 16B2

2503 - Silicon Wafers

unknown,

Small wafer unprocessed, two larger wafers have multiple chips printed on them.

2486 - Weston DC/AC Milliammeter Model 370

Weston Electrical Instrument Corp., Usa

Wooden box, steel and copper. 75, 150 mA FSD Selection by series or parallel connection of coils in electrodynamometer movement and relevant terminals

2487 - AWA Carphone Volt Power Unit

Amalgamated Wireless Australia, Australia

Power supply for mobile two-way radio as used in taxis. Transistor inverter circuit for high voltage for valve transceiver. Uses 2N277 germanium power transistors.

2488 - Weston AC Voltmeter Model 433

Weston Electrical Instruments Corp., Newark, N.J., Usa (1940s)

Bakelite, steel, copper. Scales 0-150, 0-300, 0-450V Moving iron movement

2489 - Catkin Valves

Osram B.V.A., England (c. 1930)

These radio receiver valves have glass tubes sheathed in ventilated steel cages. 1. Unknown with B7 base 2. VMS4CP with B5 base 3. MS4R with B5 base

2490 - Sine and Square Wave Generator Model 112

B.W.D. Electronics P/L, Australia

Australian made signal generator Sine or Square Wave output 200 c/s to 1 Mc/s Step attenuator and level control allow output level to be adjusted 0-20mV to 0-20V output.

2491 - Planar Triode Valve JAN 6299

G E Co, Usa (1984)

Ceramic and gold plated metal, coxial structure troide for mounting in coaxial cavities. The electrodes are closely spaced to reduce electron transit time. Operates in low GHz range in grounded grid configuration

2492 - Pathology Microscope

Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany

Low power microscope for examination of tissue samples.

2493 - High Voltage Selenium Rectifier

Siemens,

At least 200 cells in series, with a centre tap. The frame is plastic with springs and pellets at each end to maintain contact pressure on the cells.

2494 - Valve Extractor

Arie Bergs, Germany

Silicone rubber servicing aid.

2496 - Spherometer

Philip Harris Ltd Birmingham, England

Steel and brass. A spherometer is used to indirectly determine the radius of curvature of a spherical surface by measuring the difference in height between the tip of the central screw and the three outer legs and making a simple calculation.

2497 - Lens Gauge

unknown,

A dial gauge used to measure the power in dioptres (inverse radius of curvature in m) of a lens surface.

2498 - Stop Watch

CAPT, Switzerland

Stop watch used in undergraduate teaching labs. Knob at top used for winding. Pressing it starts, stops and resets the hands. Outer dial reads to 30s with inner dial counting to 15 minutes.

2500 - Amplifier and Null Detector Type 1231B

General Radio Co., Cambridge, Mass., Usa

Audio frequency null detector or output meter. A two-stage linear amplifier drives the null detector. A 1D8GT valve is used in the null bridge circuit. A third amplifier stage may be added to provide a logarithmic output to the meter. Sensitivity...

2499 - Dummy Load Parts

unknown,

Appears to be parts for a water-cooled dummy load. A resistor, carbon film on ceramic tube, is held between two circular sets of finger stock. Water flows through and around the resistor. Although such a resistor with air colloing would only be...

2502 - Student Beam Balance

Griffin & Tatlock, London, England

Standard beam balance for student laboratory use up to 250 gm. A rider on the left arm can measure to one milligram. Transcription of handwritten instructions. BEAM BALANCE Operation: 1. Check that the balance is level - adjust left and right...

2504 - Bakelite Tablegram 11-25

Kriesler, Sydney, Australia (c. 1950)

Dual wave (AM medium wave and shortwave) valve wireless receiver with 78 RPM record player on top. 240 V mains powered. The chassis uses a mix of octal and 9-pin miniature valves. Kriesler radios are considered by collectors to be among the best...

2505 - Magnetic Flux Density Reference 1.39 kG

Scientifica and Cook Electronics, London, England

Cased permanent magnet used for callibration of Hall Effect magnetometer from the same manufacturer.
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