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668 - Power tetrode valve F2a

Siemens Rohre,

669 - Power triode valve 812A

Electronic Enterprises ,

670 - Rheostat

G K Electrical Co,

671 - Gramophone needles in tin

Columbia brand, Usa

Gramophone needles 15 mm long by 1 mm thick. Used once each to play 78 RPM discs.

672 - Telephone Wire Insulator (1)

CCG,

673 - Telephone Wire Insulator (2)

A.G.M,

674 - 3-way Switch

Thomson-Bennett,

676 - Moving Coil Microphone

Shure Bros,

677 - Pressure Switch

Short and Mason,

678 - Faradic stimulator

Smart-Bristow,

679 - AC Power Frequency Meter

General Electric Company, Schenectardy, N.Y., U.S.A.,

Frequency meter for 25Hz operation, originally from Ultimo Power Station in Sydney.

680 - Mercury Vapour Tube Ballast

UNK,

682 - Variable Voltage PSU

P.L.U.Q.,

684 - Echo Box TS-488/U

Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.,

685 - Inductance Box

Muirhead & Co. Ltd,

686 - Slide Rule

UTO,

687 - Slide Rule

Fuji,

688 - Slide Rule

Sun Hemmi,

bamboo slide rule

689 - Bombsight Compass D

Air Ministry,

690 - Seismic Pickup Mk II

R.A.E.,

This is an electrodynamic pickup with a coil of wire moving in a permanent magnet field.  Used by Australian army to detect distant movement of heavy equipment or close movement of troops.

691 - Seismometer (Geophone)

Unknown,

This geophone, or jug, is typical of those used in the 1960s search for oil in Australia. It consists of a coil of wire suspended in a permanent magnet field. It was screwed on to a spike (absent) and stuck in the ground. Two wires were connected...

692 - Seismic Galvanometer Bank

S.I.E. (Southwestern Industrial Electronics), Usa

This unit contains a maximum of 12 pencil galvanometers in a block permanent magnet. They are driven by a bank of amplifiers to record seismic shot data from geophones. Two banks are usually required to give 24 channels of data from one seismic shot...

693 - Waveguide Wavemeter

UNK,

694 - Strobotuner electronic timer

C G Conn Ltd., Elkhart, Indiana,

695 - 7038 Vidicon Tube

RCA,

697 - Students Stimulator

Palmer,

699 - Pye Galvanometer

PYE, England

700 - Tinsley Galvanometer

Tinsley, England

702 - EEL Galvanometer

EEL, England

703 - Pye Galvanometer (2)

PYE,

704 - United Geo Galvanometer

United Geo, Usa

705 - Galvanometer S32

UNK, England

Miniature galvanometer used for recording seismic signals.

706 - Seismic Galvanometer pair

UNK,

These galvanometers may have come from the Charters Towers area.

707 - Unipivot galvanometer

Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd. England,

The unipivot galvanometer was invented by Robert W. Paul in 1903. It is a classic of careful instrument design and continued in production for over 50 years. As in the more common  form of moving coil galvanometer (D'Arsonval) a coil is...

708 - Demonstrator Galvanometer

UNK,

The meter is an open construction d'Arsonval movement. A two-way switch reverses polarity of the attached 1.5V cell. When a a push-button is depressed, the needle deflects in a direction determined by the two-way switch.

709 - Frequency Standard 1000 cycles

American Time Products, Usa

710 - Norma Galvanometer

NORMA,

711 - Transistor OC36

Mullard,

712 - Photocell 917

CBS,

713 - Valve, Regulator OC3

RCA,

714 - Valve, Double Triode 5692

RCA,

715 - Valve, Twin Triode ECC81

IEC,

716 - Valve, photocell 5582

RCA,

717 - Incandescent Bulb 4V

GE,

718 - Leaky Waveguide & rotating joint

UNK,

719 - Galvanometer, Seismic

Geotech,

721 - Permissible Noise Exposure Calculator

QLD Govt. WHS Dept of E.T.I.R.,

722 - Valve, Seismic Amplifier

Dresser SIE,

723 - Pen Recorder Unit

Massa,

724 - Microwave Oscillator

Sanders,

727 - Industrial Slide Rule

For Clyde Fuel Systems Ltd. , England

Six inch plastic rule with A,B,C,and D scales, marked 'Made in England' S137 on the front. The back is branded CLYDE FUEL SYSTEMS LTD  COMBUSTION ENGINEERS   HILLINGTON GLASGOW. S.W.2

728 - Galvanometer mirror on stand

UNK,

729 - Electric light holder & bracket

UNK,

730 - Light dependent resistor

UNK,

731 - Galvanometer Suspension Units

Leeds and Northrup, Usa

The suspension wire is 24K gold. It is 7/10000 inch in diameter. Great care is needed in transferring the wire from the mandrel to the galvanometer.

732 - Valve, Pentode 6SH7GT

Tung-Sol,

733 - Valve, pentode 6SJ7GT

AWV Radiotron,

734 - Valve, pentode 6B4G

Ken Rad,

735 - Valve, pentode 6AJ7/6AC7

GE,

736 - Valve, pentode EF86

Mullard,

737 - Valve, duo-diode 6H6/VT-90

RCA,

738 - Valve, pentode 6SK7

Radiotron,

739 - Valve, diode 6AX4GTB

Mullard,

740 - Valve, triode 6J5GT/G

AWV Radiotron,

741 - Valve, pentode 6AG7

AWV Radiotron,

742 - Valve, pentode 6AB7

RCA,

743 - Valve, triode tetrode 6CQ8

Miniwatt,

744 - Trigger Tube Z8030

Mullard,

745 - Valve, pentode E80F

Philips,

746 - Valve, Tetrode 12EI

Ediswan,

747 - Valve, pentode 6SH7

Ken Rad,

748 - Valve, diode EY88/6AL3

Miniwatt (Philips),

749 - Valve, pentode 6BC5

Haltron,

750 - Valve, duo-diode 6AL5/EB91

Trigon,

751 - Valve triode 6BK4C/6BL4A

Realistic/Tandy Corp. ,

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