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Magnesium Plate

Samples of metallic elements

2019

Index camera lens from a Corona satellite, made by the ITEK Corporation, United States, 1966-1972

Index camera lens from Corona satellite, 1966-1972

1966-1972

Reel of magnesium ribbon on 110mm diameter tinplate spool in brass case; two serrated rollers, turned by handle, drive ribbon from tube. Socket for reflector (missing).

Magnesium ribbon burner

Kodak magnesium ribbon holder. Triangular tinplate holder for magnesium ribbon with wooden thumb wheel.

Kodak Magnesium Ribbon Holder

1930s

Kodak wedge-shaped tinplate holder for magnesium ribbon, with wooden thumbwheel. In original carton, with spare magnesium ribbon roll and instructions.

Kodak magnesium ribbon holder

Box with sealed packet of non deliquescent flash powder. Houghtons ltd.

Packet of Ensign Flash Powder

Magnesium printing plate for centre page of Reveille publication, prepared from photo set text, 1978. Example of The Daily Mirror Group modernising their printing mehtods.

Magnesium Printing Plate from Reveille Newspaper, 1978

1978

Glazed display box containing five labelled parts relevant to the Lucien Bull spark drum camera. Components include a tuning fork, small condenser and a glass tube for holding insect specimens, the example given on the label is a blue bottle.

Cased Display of parts relevant to the Spark Drum Camera

1903-1904

Johnsons magnesium ribbon in original packet.

Johnsons magnesium ribbon in original packet.

Kodak magnesium ribbon holder. Wedge shaped tinplate holder for magnesium ribbon, with wooden thumbwheel. In original carton.

Kodak magnesium ribbon holder

Kodak magnesium ribbon holder. Triangular tinplate holder for reel of magnesium ribbon. Thumb wheel to feed on ribbon. Black and yellow.

Kodak Magnesium Ribbon Holder

Holder for magnesium ribbon. Calibrated in inches and centimetres. Continuous feed by rotating wheel. With five reels magnesium ribbon. In original box.

The Pistol Flashmeter