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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

Boots 'Flasher'. Magnesium ribbon inside a metal tin; 'A handy flash lamp and ribbon holder'.

Boots 'Flasher'

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

Kodak Magnesium Ribbon Holder

1930s

Jar of magnesium powder, supplied by Woolons, Chemists, Kensal Rise, London.

Jar of Magnesium Powder

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

Packet of Ensign Flash Powder

Intermediate magnesium engine casing for Tay engine made by Rolls Royce.

Intermediate magnesium engine casing for Rolls Royce Tay engine

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

Alloy of gold and magnesium

Alloy of gold and magnesium

before 1889

Kodak Amateur Flashpowder. Glass tube containing magnesium flashpowder inside original cardboard packaging.

Kodak Amateur Flashpowder

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

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

Pistol shaped tin holder for magnesium ribbon. Wooden thumb wheel for feeding ribbon from muzzle. Marker in centimetres and inches.

Pistol flashmeter

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

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