Electronic race timing equipment

Electronic race timing equipment, c.1960, used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club, comprising electronic timer, start and stop photocells, lamps, connecting units and other components (see part numbers)

Details

Category:
Time Measurement
Object Number:
1995-45
type:
timing equipment
credit:
Hants and Berks Motor Club Ltd.

Parts

Millisecond timer with Nixie tube display

Millisecond timer with Nixie tube display

Millisecond timer with Nixie tube display, type 751 serial no.502159, made c.1960 by Rayco Instruments Ltd, Aldershot, Hants, England, part of race timing equipment used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club

Measurements:
overall: 240 mm x 240 mm x 510 mm,
Object Number:
1995-45 Pt1
type:
timer
Start photocell unit, part of the race timing equipment used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club

Start photocell unit, part of the race timing equipment used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club

Start photocell unit, c.1960, part of the race timing equipment used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club

Measurements:
overall: 310 mm x 55 mm
Object Number:
1995-45 Pt2
type:
start photocell unit
Aldis lamp stored in metal box

Aldis lamp stored in metal box

Aldis lamp stored in metal box, for use with the start photocell unit, part of the race timing equipment used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club

Measurements:
overall: 290 mm x 245 mm x 210 mm,
Object Number:
1995-45 Pt3
type:
lamp
Connecting unit for the start photocell

Connecting unit for the start photocell

Connecting unit for the start photocell, part of the race timing equipment used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club (die-cast metal box with terminals and lead: stored in metal box with part 3)

Object Number:
1995-45 Pt4
type:
connecting unit
Finish photocell unit, part of the race timing equipment used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club

Finish photocell unit, part of the race timing equipment used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club

Finish photocell unit, c.1960, part of the race timing equipment used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club

Measurements:
overall: 310 mm x 55 mm
Object Number:
1995-45 Pt5
type:
finish photocell unit
Aldis lamp stored in metal box

Aldis lamp stored in metal box

Aldis lamp stored in metal box, for use with the finish photocell unit, part of the race timing equipment used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club

Measurements:
overall: 290 mm x 245 mm x 210 mm,
Object Number:
1995-45 Pt6
type:
lamp
Connecting unit for the finish photocell

Connecting unit for the finish photocell

Connecting unit for the finish photocell, part of the race timing equipment used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club (die-cast metal box with terminals and lead: stored in metal box with part 6)

Object Number:
1995-45 Pt7
type:
connecting unit
Aluminium panel with push switches marked `start' and `stop'

Aluminium panel with push switches marked `start' and `stop'

Aluminium panel with push switches marked `start' and `stop', probably for foot operation, c.1960, part of the race timing equipment used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club, to plug into the timer unit (part 1)

Measurements:
overall: 260 mm x 70 mm x 150 mm,
Object Number:
1995-45 Pt8
type:
switch
Red and green lamps on a post

Red and green lamps on a post

Red and green lamps on a post, to give stop and ready signals, and miscellaneous cables .. .., part of the race timing equipment used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club

Measurements:
overall: 790 mm x 60 mm x 135 mm,
Object Number:
1995-45 Pt9
type:
lamp
Miscellaneous Cables from Red and Green Lamps on a Post

Miscellaneous Cables from Red and Green Lamps on a Post

Miscellaneous cables, part of the race timing equipment used by the Hants and Berks Motor Club.

Object Number:
1995-45 Pt9/2
type:
cable
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1995-45 Pt9