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Waiting room seat

Station Seat, Caledonian Railway

Optical bench demonstration model of telescope and microscope

1895-1905

Bench table

1999

Gateleg workbench by Al-Ko

1977

Small bench, angle centrifuge

1900-1980

Bench table

1999

Craftsman ‘Companion II’ Combined Vice and Workbench

1981

Gateleg ‘Universal Workbench’ by Josef Meeth Gmbh

1976

Two joiner's or cabinet maker's bench tops, each with side and end screws

Two joiner's or cabinet maker's bench tops

Bench top to which /2 was fixed

Bench top to which /2 was fixed

Bench for manufacturing of surveying levelling staves

Bench for manufacturing levelling staves

Station Seat, Midland & Great Central Railway, wooden bench on log-design cast iron supports, painted brown, painted seatback "Chesterfield".

Chesterfield Station Seat

Wire drawing bench, c. 1800

Wire drawing bench, c. 1800

Optical bench and camera, by Reichert, Austrian

Optical bench and camera, by Reichert, Austrian

Group of Laboratory benches and fittings dated 1895 from Government Chemists's Laboratory

Group of Laboratory benches and fittings dated 1895 from Government Chemists's Laboratory

Bench, ceramic with iron frame, by M. G. Montavan, Italy, 1830-1920.

Bench, ceramic with iron frame

1830-1920

Optical bench as arranged by Prof. Clifton. Bed of cast iron 130cm long, divided in millimetres readings by Varnier to 0.1mm. 3 sliding uprights, made by Elliott Brothers. Various accessory apparatus: Frernol's mirrors, slits with micrometric adjustment, glass trough, Jamin apparatus, 7 rectangular plates for interference and defraction experiments, in case; table etc.

Optical bench as arranged by Prof. Clifton. Bed of cast iron 130cm long

Draw bench, winch handle, wire drawing tongs and shakle, and parts from a pianoforte. Given by Mr James Greig. Draw bench; lacks : 2 winches and 1 nut; spur wheel; 8 legs.

Draw Bench and Components

Bench top

Bench Top

Bench

Bench

Bench

Bench

Western Union telegraph test bench, complete with instruments: two sets of driving forks, Baudot distributor No. 20, Baudot distributor No. 6 (not fixed to bench), by The Western Union Telegraph Company, New York, United States, 1945-1955

Western Union telegraph test bench

Bench

Bench

Locksmith's bench

Locksmith's bench

Work bench, probably English, 1650-1850

Work bench

1650-1850

Optical bench two meters long, wooden with cast-iron feet

Optical bench two meters long

1900-1980

Bench with 3 trestles

Bench with 3 trestles

Double-geared hand operated bench drilling machine. Lacks some gear teeth, wooden handle and work table

Double-geared hand operated bench drilling machine. Lacks some gear teeth

Photomicrographic bench for metallurgical examination, fitted with anti-vibration weight, serial number 320408, by Leitz, Wetzlar

Photomicrographic bench for metallurgical examination

1930-1939

Station seat, wooden bench with cast iron arms and three cast iron supports, knobbled log design, painted brown, no provenance.

Station seat

Western Union telegraph test bench, complete with instruments: two sets of driving forks, Baudot distributor No. 20, Baudot distributor No. 6 (not fixed to bench), and operations testing and regulations manual by The Western Union Telegraph Company, New York, United States, 1945-1955

Western Union telegraph test bench

Teacher's bench complete with fittings, from the advanced chemistry laboratory at Christ' s Hospital Girls' School, Hertford, probably installed in 1901

Teacher's Bench with Fittings

1901

2 bench trestles, a loose leg and a piece of angle (to support a drawer ?)

Two Bench Trestles

Bench

Bench

Bench on 2 trestles

Bench on Two Trestles

Heavy elmwood bench top with 3 wooden dowel pins to steady vice, press or similar. Almost certainly not part of this collection; maybe wheelwrighting

Elmwood Bench Top

Pupils' bench complete with fittings, from the advanced chemistry laboratory at Christ's Hospital Girls' School, Hertford, probably installed in 1901

Pupils' Bench with Fittings

1901

Bench

Bench

Bench for fly press with bending rolls and bracket for horse (/59)

Bench for Fly Press