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One sectioned 2 HP induction motor with cast aluminium squirrel cage motor

One sectioned 2 HP induction motor with cast aluminium squirrel cage motor

Double balance pressure step valve, sectioned

Double balance pressure step valve, sectioned

One Ayrton-Perry voltmeter

One Ayrton-Perry voltmeter

Recording hair hygrometer

Recording hair hygrometer

Stone 14 1/2 lbs Av. weight, for weighing chain and nailmaker's work

Stone 14 1/2 lbs Av. weight, for weighing chain and nailmaker's work

One Tucker hot-wire microphone

One Tucker hot-wire microphone

Latest type model of sunshine recorder

Latest type model of sunshine recorder

Aneroid Barometer, graduated in millibars, for use at sea

Aneroid Barometer, graduated in millibars, for use at sea

'Kombi' Early Miniature Camera

'Kombi' Early Miniature Camera

1895

Portable battery of 3 lead accumulator cells with reticulated grid plates

Portable battery of 3 lead accumulator cells with reticulated grid plates

Bernay's Positive Water Meter

Bernay's Positive Water Meter

1895

Neck-forming tool, for Codd bottles

Neck-forming tool, for Codd bottles

Solar microscope  "O.N. Degerman. Fecit 1756"

Solar microscope "O.N. Degerman. Fecit 1756"

Stone 1 lb 1 oz Av. weight, for weighing chain and nailmaker's work

Stone 1 lb 1 oz Av. weight, for weighing chain and nailmaker's work

Stone 5 lb 14 oz Av. weight, for weighing chain and nailmaker's work

Stone 5 lb 14 oz Av. weight, for weighing chain and nailmaker's work

Drawing of Edison's micro-tasimeter (infrared radiation detector), original form

Drawing of Edison's micro-tasimeter (infrared radiation detector)

1800-1899

One model of Dubbs oil cracking plant.

One model of Dubbs oil cracking plant

Drawing of Edison's micro-tasimeter (infrared radiation detector), improved form

Drawing of Edison's micro-tasimeter (infrared radiation detector)

1800-1899

Drawing of Ruben's linear thermopile

Drawing of Ruben's linear thermopile

1800-1899

Sach's vegetation flask, larger size

Sach's vegetation flask

Model of gas testing house.

Model of gas testing house

Christiansen liquid-filled glass optical filter, No. 43, on mahogany stand (made by Workshops, not original)

Christiansen liquid-filled glass optical filter

Two tools for withdrawing bore tubes, and two samples of tubes, 2 1/2" and 3".

Two tools for withdrawing bore tubes

Two samples of bore tubes 2 1/2" x 3"

Two samples of bore tubes

Drawing of the magnetographs at the Kew Observatory.

Drawing of the magnetographs at the Kew Observatory

Map of World's earthquake areas.

Map of World's earthquake areas

One drawing, 10" x 11". Diagram of optical system of sighting telescope for Machine Gun, by Busch (Inventory 1921-363).

One drawing, 10" x 11". Diagram of optical system of sighting telescope for Machine Gun

Published chart - San Fernando and approaches, surveyed in 1924.

Published chart - San Fernando and approaches

One police whistle, withdrawn from use by the Cornish Constabulary in 1970.

One police whistle

One set of four optical filters G.G.495 OR 2403, BG18.OB10

One set of four optical filters G.G.495 OR 2403

One 33 kV metal-clad switch-unit, scale 1:8.

One 33 kV metal-clad switch-unit

Chart of spontaneous polarization.

Chart of spontaneous polarization

One Musgrave hot air coke-fired heating frame, c.1901. From Dover Castle, Kent.

One Musgrave hot air coke-fired heating frame, c.1901

circa 1901

One drawing, 9 1/4"" x 14 1/2". Diagram of optical system of dial sight by Ross (Inventory 1921-362).

One drawing, 9 1/4"" x 14 1/2"

One transparency showing lens polishing machine (Plate from Smith's "A Compleat System of Opticks", 1738 Vol.2).

Transparency showing lens polishing machine

Diagram showing method of driving Dray Traverse Mark, 6 positions.

Diagram showing method of driving Dray Traverse Mark

Two maps, typical contiguous sheets of Desert Survey, scale 1:100,000.

Two maps, typical contiguous sheets of Desert Survey

One photographic enlargement, 5'6" x 3'6", aerial view of South Kensington Museum. March 1951.

One photographic enlargement

Photograph: Field work in Java.

Photograph: Field work in Java

One deviation tube.

One deviation tube

Coloured diagram of hydrogen liquefier (Simon's design) in glazed mahogany frame

Coloured diagram of hydrogen liquefier (Simon's design) in glazed mahogany frame

1900-1982

One Siemens Hygroscopic (N-H or "Putty" cable); low voltage cable with a loaded wax dielectric (1894).

One Siemens Hygroscopic (N-H or "Putty" cable)

Millstone grit core out of a borehole, 2'-6" diameter.

Millstone grit core out of a borehole

Ferranti wall-fixing cut-out, 75/150 amps.

Ferranti wall-fixing cut-out

250 kV D.C. oil-filled submarine cable with 0.80 sq. in. conductor and bend restricting armour. Laid Cook Strait, New Zealand, 1964.

250 kV D.C. oil-filled submarine cable with 0.80 sq. in. conductor and bend restricting armour

One drawing, 6" x 12". Diagram of optical system of artillery periscope by Goerz (Inventory 1921-367).

One drawing, 6" x 12"

One exhibit illustrating the reflection of light. Consisting of darkened case containing a number of mirrors, lenses, and one prism, showing the tracks of beams of light on reflection.

One exhibit illustrating the reflection of light

Drawing of "Locality around Schehallion".

Drawing of "Locality around Schehallion"

Coloured drawings on one sheet - Couches sedimentaires de Magnetite (Anjou).

Coloured drawings on one sheet - Couches sedimentaires de Magnetite (Anjou)

Diagram showing method of location of seismic receiving stations.

Diagram showing method of location of seismic receiving stations