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373 - Arithmometre Calculating Machine L. Payen, Paris , France (1892) Designed by Charles Thomas de Colmar, the Arithmometer was the first calculating machine considered ‘successful’ in terms of sales figures. Records show that the Arithmometer was first released in c1820 however production didn’t increase until 1844... |
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375 - Justophot exposure meter DREM, Austria, Germany |
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376 - Friden calculating machine Friden, San Leandro, CA. , Usa |
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August Souter, Ebingen, Wurttbg., Germany |
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379 - Microscope focussing model Ernst Leitz GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany (circa 1959) Cutaway model showing the internal construction of the focussing drive used in Laborlux IIIa microscopes. Both coarse and fine focussing are available through the same pair of knobs. The model sat on the desk of the head of the UQ Microscopes... |
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RCA, |
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382 - Dionic conductivity tube Evershed & Vignoles Ltd, London., England |
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384 - Potentiometer for thermocouples Foster Instrument , |
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Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co. , England |
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Leeds and Northrup Company, Usa |
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Gallenkamp, London, England |
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Adam Hilger Ltd., London, England Wooden casing,; brass arm (containing lens), turn screws and clamps. Photographic plate housing wooden with brass turn screws fro adjusting plate position. Stiff paper and cloth concertina tunnel connecting photographic plate housing to wooden... |
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249 - Transmitting Valve 100TH Eimac, |
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Australia (circa 1970) Unit cell of face-centred cubic structure using octahedra, such as NaCl. Constructed by Les Bretheron in the Chemistry Department Workshop. |
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UQ Chemistry Workshoop, Australia (circa 1970) Unit cell of ZnS structure using tetrahedra. Constructed by Les Bretheron in the Chemistry Department Workshop. |
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398 - Cambridge slide wire potentiometer Cambridge Instrument Co., England |
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Phillips Drucker, |
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Kodak, Usa This is an example of a typical ubiquitous domestic happy-snap camera ca 1940. The 620 film allows the taking of a dozen photos. The film is wound on manually, and an orange window at the back of the camera shows where to wind the film to. It... |
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Harringtons & Co Ltd, Plate camera. Fabric on wood construction. Opens at both lens end and reload end. It has a series of plates connected together with light-tight fabric. The plates may be rotated into place sequentially. Camera may be mounted in either portrait or... |
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409 - Folding camera, Brownie - Refer Catalogue Number 1887 Kodak Eastman, Usa Hand held folding camera with periscopic sighting |
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E. Esdaile & Sons Pty Ltd, Sydney & Adelaide, Japan This aneroid barometer/altimeter has a circular scale reading 0 to 6000 feet with a vernier allowing readings to the nearest two feet. The barometer scale is marked in inches of mercury. It was used in the UQ Department of Geography. |
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411 - Slide wire potentiometer Cambridge Instrument Co., England |
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413 - Slide wire potentiometer Cambridge Instrument Co., England |
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J. L. William, Melbourne , Australia |
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415 - Balance, Selecta-Standard 200g/0.1mg Sartorius Werke , Germany |
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418 - Calibrator, Portable for altimeter R. W. Munro, Ltd. , |
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421 - Masses, Microid metric weights; set Griffin & Tatlock Ltd. , |
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422 - Computer, time conversion, type A-5 Fairchild Aviation Corp. , Usa (1941?) A mechanical analogue computer that uses gears to relate local sidereal time (that can be established using a sextant) to longitude. It was used to determine the longitude of an aircraft without having to perform all of the normal... |
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Newall Engineering Co. , |
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E. R. Watts and Son Ltd. , |
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E. R. Watts and Son Ltd., |
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Max Kohl, Chemnitz, Germany Air is admitted through a large pipe in the base of the siren, and directed through inclined holes on to a disc puctuated with holes inclined in the opposite direction.The disc rotates. The pulses of air created form an audible tone. The rotating... |
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429 - Valve, transmitter, Marconi MR10 (ex QLD Museum) Marconi, |
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430 - Valve, transmitter, MT7B (ex QLD Museum) OSRAM, |
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431 - Valve, transmitter, MT7A (ex QLD Museum) OSRAM, |
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432 - Galvanometer, Microid No 564/87 Griffin & George Ltd. , England Galvanometer in bakelite housing can be used as a reflecting galvanometer, but also has a needle and scale. |
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433 - Galvanometer No L105571 (ex QLD Museum) Cambridge Instrument Co., England |
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438 - Post office (resistance) box M. Ericsson & Co., Stockholm, Sweden |
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Unknown, Fibre suspension galvonometer, with a long pointer under a magnifying reader, for accurate observation. |
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H. B. Selby, This apparatus determines the flash-point of a substance ie the lowest temperaure at which a vapour will flash when exposed to a naked flame. |
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Baird and Tatlock, London, England This Abel-Pensky apparatus determines the flash ponit of a substance ie the lowest temperature at which a vapour will flash, when exposed to a naked flame. |
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443 - Movie projector, 16mm sound Bell and Howell, |
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444 - Collection of educational films PSSC, Includes movie on Photons (444/1) and takeup spool (444/4) |
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448 - Surgical laser, carbon dioxide Laser Dynamics Ltd, Ernest Junction, Qld., Australia This is a CO2 surgical laser built by Laser Dynamics in Ernest Junction, Queensland. It is a continuous wave laser meaning that it produces a continuous beam rather than pulses. This particular laser has an output power of up to 80 watts with a 10... |
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452 - Electrically powered Mechanical Calculator CA1-13 Facit AB, Sweden, Sweden An electric motor drives the rotation of the wheels of this pinwheel type mechanical calculator, so that the operator has only to key in the numbers. The USAF tag refers to funding for ionospheric physics research. |
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453 - Interference filter 5577A Barr and Stroud, |
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Raytheon, |
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Bellingham and Stanley Ltd., London, England An Abbe style refractometer for accurate measurement of the refractive index of liquids, and with more difficulty, solids. For more information on Abbe refractometers, see item 383 The thermometer is broken but the instrument has the most amazing... |
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457 - Millivoltmeter for Platinum Rhodium Thermocouple H & B, |
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W. G. Pye & Co. , England (1912) Barlow's Wheel illustrates Fleming's hand rules, which show the direction of the motion of a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field. A star disc spins on a horizontal axis. Each tip of the star dips in turn into a pool of mercury. The disc... |
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Elliotts & Australian Drug Ltd. , Australia |
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459 - Wet and Dry Bulb Thermometer Negretti & Zambra, |
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465 - 0.01 Ohm Lab Standard 5470 C. Wolff, |
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466 - 0.1 Ohm Lab Standard 9571 Keiser & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany |
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468 - Precision sound level meter type 2203 Bruel & Kjaer, Naerum, Denmark, Other Bought for UQ Mechanical Engineering 1962/63 for student practical work both undergraduate and postgraduate. Also used in research on tyre noise and for external consulting. |
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470 - Electrostatic Voltmeter 30KV Everett & Edgcumbe, |
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