Image
Category
On Display
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Unused giant cone: 6 (1260°C)

1901-1931

Large Cone Stake

Experimental silica nose cone for missile work.

Section of nose cone from Black Knight rocket.

1 of 3 dissected cones

Two Dexine gauge glass cones

Brass truncated cone

1761

1 of 3 dissected cones

1 of 3 dissected cones

Double cone, lignum vitae and ivory

Glass cone for the projection of an annular spectrum

1876

Steinheil cones

1865-1875

Brass truncated cone

1761

Exhaust Injector Cone, Sectioned, Dimensions: 15"x9?"x4".

Sectioned Exhaust Injector Cone

Skylark fibre glass nose cone and thermal blanket.

Skylark fibre glass nose cone and thermal blanket.

Section of cone showing how speed and surface friction alter the nature of the deposit

Section of cone showing how speed and surface friction alter the nature of the deposit

Three unused Seger cones, by Wengers Ltd., Etruria Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1925-31.

Three unused Seger cones

1900-1982

Two Black Knight nose cones (one used)

Two Black Knight nose cones (one used)

Skylark nose cone

Skylark nose cone

Unused giant cone: 4 (1220°C), one of four, by Wengers Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1901-1931.

Unused giant cone: 4 (1220°C)

Three metal nose cones used in kinetic heating experiments using rocket propelled projectiles.

Metal nose cones used in kinetic heating experiments

Set of small test cones and one hemisphere which have been subjected to intense heat to simulate re-entry ablation for nose cones of ballistic missiles.

Small test cones from re-entry ablation simulation

1955-1965

Skylark nose-cone assembly (2 parts)

Skylark nose-cone assembly (2 parts)

Seven cones; five cones with caps; six twin flakes with cones

Seven cone