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Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)

2008 (prototype)

Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight

1829

Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture

1829

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

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

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

Swiss Chronograph Mechanism, 1860-1880

1860-1880

Geneva independent centre seconds movement

1801-1900

Stop watch movement

1800-1834

Movement with rack-lever escapement

1805-1846

Stop watch mechanism

1775-1785

Half-quater repeater with horizontal escapement

1750

Chronometer escapement

Chronometer escapement

1810

Verge repeater

1720

Rangefinder centre prism, strip field type

Stop watch movement

hallmarked 1784

Chronometer escapement

1790

Centre separating prism for Barr and Stroud rangefinder

1920

Clockwork mechanism for Shaw type seismograph, British, 1930-1935

1930-1935

Clockwork mechanism for Shaw type seismograph, British, 1930-1935

1930-1935

Water volume measuring vessel

Clockwork motor and shutter assembly from Dobson Spectrophotometer

Parts from the Cambridge Interplanetary Scintillation Array

1967

Gravity Probe B gyroscope rotor and housing

1992-1995

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