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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

Wood piece from bottom of the regulator clock by Cope and Molyneux

1822-1823

Wood piece from Regulator clock by Cope and Molyneux

1822-1823

Movement plates from Regulator clock by Cope and Molyneux

1822-1823

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

Brass drive weight from Regulator clock by Cope and Molyneux

1822-1823

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

1991

Inner tube of Marindin 90cm base rangefinder

Part of levelling staff, British, 1915-1922

1915-1922

Trifilar eyepiece micrometer in brass

1775-1800

Lind type anemometer, 1870-1876

1870-1876

Coincidence adjustment of rangefinder

Ten test bars for use with polar planimeters

1955-1970

Two lens doublets in drawtube inside another tube

1801-1900

Bag containing two radiosonde parachutes

1980-1990

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

1821-1846

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

1821-1846

Keyboard for Ferranti Freescan digitiser

1969

Distance Meter for Plane Table, 1765-1775

1765-1775

Cable for Standard Solent Anemometer, 1990-1992

1990-1992

Sonic electronic anemometer, British, 1988

1988

Complete set of smoked plattes

Swiss movement (incomplete and broken) with chronometer escapement

Tapes measuring - repair outfit No.2

1955

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

1850-1900

Inner tube of Barr and Stroud 2-metre base rangefinder

1920

Lenses for Micromap viewer, 1995-1998

1995-1998

Graphic eyepiece

1845

Fragment of stem of unidentified instrument

199-500

Part of Ground station for German radiosonde

Corner cube for geodimeter range-finder, Swedish, 1977

1977

Radio transmitting set for radiosonde

1973

Sunshine recorder card for August 2nd, 1877

Movement with lever escapement

1820

Chronometer watch movement

French verge movement by Breguet

1775-1800

Rack lever with compensating curb

1808-1825

Centre-seconds stop-watch by Jno. Archer

1737-1738

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

Pendulum watch with verge escapement and cock

1790

Stop watch movement

1800-1834

Movement with rack-lever escapement

1805-1846

Stop watch mechanism

1775-1785