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Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)

2008 (prototype)

Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture

1829

Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight

1829

Portion of watch including verge escapement

1900-1912

Small movement with detached lever escapement by Vauchez

1767-1786

French verge movement by Breguet

1775-1800

Movement with lever escapement

1820

Centre-seconds stop-watch by Jno. Archer

1737-1738

Water volume measuring vessel

Set of (3) wheels used in motion work of a watch

1900-1912

Geneva independent centre seconds movement

1801-1900

Movement with rack-lever escapement

1805-1846

Chronometer watch movement

Target wheel used in Accelerator Mass Spectrometer at the Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Oxford, 1991.

1991

Graphic eyepiece

1845

15-day movement with horizonatal escapement

1831

Inner tube of Barr and Stroud 2-metre base rangefinder

1920

Coincidence adjustment of rangefinder

Inner tube of Marindin 90cm base rangefinder

Tapes measuring - repair outfit No.2

1955

Centre separating prism for Barr and Stroud rangefinder

1920

Rangefinder centre prism, strip field type

One linear interferometer assembly Ident.10703A

1973

One remote interferometer assembly

1973

Temperature tube for Symons pattern soil thermometer

1997

Radio transmitting set for radiosonde

1973

Bag containing two radiosonde parachutes

1980-1990

Sunshine recorder card for August 2nd, 1877

Dial for Anemometer 'Meter No.3'

1940-1960

Sunshine recorder bowls, 1891

1891

Clockwork motor and shutter assembly from Dobson Spectrophotometer

Trifilar eyepiece micrometer in brass

1775-1800

Objective lens in brass cell of 3 3/4-inch diameter and 50-inch focal length

1850-1900

Ten test bars for use with polar planimeters

1955-1970

Hygrometer element for variable-frequency radiosonde

1944

Fragment of stem of unidentified instrument

199-500

Part of Ground station for German radiosonde

Six-part round section [screwed] 60-inch excise gauging rod by Joseph Long

1821-1846

Four-part square section [screwed] 48-inch excise gauging rule by Joseph Long

1821-1846

Nameplate for bench mark, British, 1914

1914

Accessories case for microdensitometer, 1978

1978

Stop watch mechanism

1775-1785

Sunshine recorder spherical lens, 1923

1923

Distance Meter for Plane Table, 1765-1775

1765-1775

Sonic electronic anemometer, British, 1988

1988

Cable for Standard Solent Anemometer, 1990-1992

1990-1992

Swiss movement (incomplete and broken) with chronometer escapement

Clockwork mechanism for Shaw type seismograph, British, 1930-1935

1930-1935

Campbell sunshine records for 1877

1877

Corner cube for geodimeter range-finder, Swedish, 1977

1977