Optical balance level, after a type used in the 17th Century, British, 1700-1799 Optical balance level 1700-1799
Floor standing cabinet stereoscope viewer with rack focused eyepiece, made by unknown manufacturer about 1910. Internal fabric belt with wire frames or stereographs. Floor Standing Cabinet Stereoscope Viewer 1890-1930
Cabinet stereoscope viewer, manufactured by unknown maker about 1910. Body walnut veneered with brass handles. Stereographs carried in wooden frame on endless canvass belts. Rack focusing eyepieces, with interocular separation (hinge detaching). Double lid with mirrors, hinged rear panel with mirrors for transparencies. Small lockable door on side for access to stereographs. Cabinet Stereoscope 1890-1920
Commemoration plaque, 'Presented to Rocket in appreciation for attendance at Steamexpo May 23 - June 1, 1986, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.' Overall: 35 mm x 306 mm x 227 mm. Plaque presented to replica Rocket at Steamexpo 1986 1986
Floor standing cabinet for storing taxiphote stereo transparency slides, unknown manufacturer about 1920. Floor Standing Cabinet for StoringTaxiphote Slides 1915-1925
Stereo-graphoscope with large magnifying lens. Floor standing, on casters, ebonised wood with chased and inlaid decoration, ornamental handles. Unknown manufacturer, about 1900. Stereo-Graphoscope 1880-1910
Zogroscope. Pedestal viewer for small pictures, c. 1820. 14 x 20 cm mirror in pivoted frame with 10cm viewing bi-convex lens with telescopic column giving height varying from 34 to 50cm. With a wooden screw fitting. Fluted decoration on lower column and small amount of inlay. Lead weighted base. Zograscope 1815-1825
Cabinet approx 253x510x280mm; walnut veneer with inlaid corners; rack focused eyepieces (hoods chipped); Fluted glass knobs for turning belt of stereograph holders (tape broken); Hinged lids, one with mirror; ground glass (cracked). Cabinet stereoscope
'Colortel' mechanical colour adaptor, to fit onto the front of the monochrome television set to convert NTSC-compatible monchrome set to colour using a field sequential disc. Made by Color Converter Inc, Indiana, United States, c. 1955. Part of the Donald Fleming Collection of North American television receivers. Accompanying converter chassis is missing. An associated 14 inch RCA Radiotron cathode ray tube is believed to have been included to swap out with the standard and brighter 24 inch tube in the monochrome television to prevent screen burn when using the ‘Colortel,’ which focussed the bright and colourful images on a small section of the screen. Col-R-Tel mechanical colour convertor and RCA Cathode Ray Tube circa 1955
Cossor 1210 15" monochrome television receiver, manufactured by A C Cossor Limited, 1938-1939, Serial No 38542. Cossor 1210 television receiver 1938-1939
HMV 900 monochrome television receiver, dual standard 205/405 lines, with built-in four-band radio, 1937. Hinged lid on top with viewing mirror. Model Number 900, Serial Number 10092. HMV 900 Television Receiver 1937
Alldays and Onions box-type delivery tricycle, c. 1938, used by Scott's bakery of Portsmouth. Frame made to patent No. 3454 of 1909. Delivery tricycle 1909-1938
Hallicrafters model 505 television receiver,1948. Missing its brown rubber screen bezel & safety 'glass' (Perspex) SEE HAZARD RECORD. Hallicrafters 505 television receiver 1948
Early bell telephone and terminal panel, 1877/8, used at Osborne Cottage, 14th January 1878 Early Bell telephone and terminal panel, 1877/8 1877-1878
Pye B18T 9" monochrome television receiver, manufactured by Pye Ltd, 1948-1949. Serial Number 690235. Pye B18T 9" monchrome television, 1949 1948-1949
Sobell Model T90 9" table top television receiver, manufactured by Sobell Industries Ltd, 1949-50. The Sobell T90 model originally cost £56-14-0. Company adverts stated that this set had a beautifully designed 'Best Seller' cabinet. It was also claimed to be an extremely sensitive receiver 'suitable for fringe reception' where the TV signal was very weak'. As with most receivers at the time, there were two versions available - a London model and Midlands model (the sets were pre-tuned at the factory to suit either transmitter). Sobell Model T90 Television Receiver 1949-50
Pye vision-only 5 inch television receiver, model 817, by Pye Limited, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, 1938. Restored to working order in 1980. Pye Vision-only 5 inch television receiver 1938
KV-1330UB Trinitron colour television receiver, made by Sony; 1968-70. This set marked the introduction of Sony's unique Trinitron picture tube technology. Trinitron KV-1330UB Colour Television Receiver 1968-1970
'Colortel' mechanical colour adaptor, to fit onto the front of the monochrome television set to convert NTSC-compatible monchrome set to colour using a field sequential disc. Made by Color Converter Inc, Indiana, United States, c. 1955. Part of the Donald Fleming Collection of North American television receivers. Accompanying converter chassis is missing. An associated 14 inch RCA Radiotron cathode ray tube is believed to have been included to swap out with the standard and brighter 24 inch tube in the monochrome television to prevent screen burn when using the ‘Colortel,’ which focussed the bright and colourful images on a small section of the screen. Col-R-Tel mechanical colour convertor circa 1955
Philips T43-TU15 console television receiver, type 14370-15, serial no.M2752, manufactured about 1955. Philips T43-TU15 console television receiver 1950-1959
Bush monochrome tabletop television receiver Model TV11A, table model, Serial No 56/02695, manufactured by Bush Radio Ltd, 1949. Wooden version of TV12. Bush Television Receiver Model TV11A 1949
Baird model T5 'Tele-Visor' mirror lid television receiver, 1936-1937. One of the earliest 405-line 'high-definition' television receivers available. 15" vertical 'Cath-O-Visor' cathode ray tube - the largest screen size available at the time. Priced at 85 Gns. A T5 was used as a monitor in the Baird studio before and during the BBC's 'television trials' at the Alexandra Palace television studios in London in 1936-37. The mirror lid design was necessary due to the length of the cathode ray tubes, almost three feet long, required to create an undistorted 15" image. This set is one of only 10 Baird T5 sets known to survive today. Baird T5 television receiver 1936-1937