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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

Eye piece lens and segment of draw tube from a draw tube telescope

Part of a refracting telescope

Segment from a draw tube telescope

1700-1750

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

1991

Trifilar eyepiece micrometer in brass

1775-1800

Ten test bars for use with polar planimeters

1955-1970

Two lens doublets in drawtube inside another tube

1801-1900

One remote interferometer assembly

1973

One linear interferometer assembly Ident.10703A

1973

Swiss movement (incomplete and broken) with chronometer escapement

Graphic eyepiece

1845

Fragment of stem of unidentified instrument

199-500

Parts from the Cambridge Interplanetary Scintillation Array

1967

Tapes measuring - repair outfit No.2

1955

Corner cube for geodimeter range-finder, Swedish, 1977

1977

Centre separating prism for Barr and Stroud rangefinder

1920

Inner tube of Marindin 90cm base rangefinder

Inner tube of Barr and Stroud 2-metre base rangefinder

1920

Sunshine recorder card for August 2nd, 1877

Complete set of smoked plattes

Hygrometer element for variable-frequency radiosonde

1944

Coincidence adjustment of rangefinder

Rangefinder centre prism, strip field type

Radio transmitting set for radiosonde

1973

Sunshine recorder bowls, 1891

1891

Clockwork motor and shutter assembly from Dobson Spectrophotometer

Lenses for Micromap viewer, 1995-1998

1995-1998

Campbell sunshine records for 1877

1877

Anemometer, Robinson type

Bag containing two radiosonde parachutes

1980-1990

Distance Meter for Plane Table, 1765-1775

1765-1775

Sonic electronic anemometer, British, 1988

1988

Accessories case for microdensitometer, 1978

1978

Cable for Standard Solent Anemometer, 1990-1992

1990-1992

Part of Ground station for German radiosonde

Small French verge movement

1790

Movement with lever escapement

1820

Chronometer watch movement

French verge movement by Breguet

1775-1800

Modern Geneva lever with independent centre seconds

1801-1900

Rack lever with compensating curb

1808-1825

15-day movement with horizonatal escapement

1831

Small movement with detached lever escapement by Vauchez

1767-1786

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

1900-1912

Portion of watch including verge escapement

1900-1912

Swiss Chronograph Mechanism, 1860-1880

1860-1880

Geneva independent centre seconds movement

1801-1900