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Sample, one of two

Sample, one of two

1980
One sample of "Q-Fiber" silica fibre in clear plastic bag

One sample of "Q-Fiber" silica fibre in clear plastic bag

1980
Set of Suspension Insulators from Overhead Electrical Equipment from Great Indian Peninsular Railway

Set of Suspension Insulators from Overhead Electrical Equipment from Great Indian Peninsular Railway

Three Fishplate Insulators

Three Fishplate Insulators

1960-1970
Envelope Containing 2 Ceramic Insulators

Envelope Containing 2 Ceramic Insulators

Pair of insulators BR(M)

Pair of insulators BR(M)

Two samples of "Quilite" Advanced Flexible Reusable Surface Insulation (AFRSI), as used on Space Shuttle Orbiters. One sample of "Q-Fiber" silica fiber, as used to manufacture Space Shuttle Orbiter HRSI and LRSI thermal tiles, and AFRSI insulation

Silica Space Shuttle thermal protection (TPS) tile, c. 1980.

1980
Johnson and Phillips "Fluid Type" Insulators, used on the Grosvenor Gallery Company's system in 1886 for shackling off the catenary wires of the (all-insulated) overhead system of rubber cables

Johnson and Phillips "Fluid Type" Insulators

Line post insulator, most probably by Taylor, Tunnicliff and Co., England, 1955.

Electric pylon, insulator, 1955

1955
Various types of insulator used in the conduit systems of Paris (1889-95)

Various types of insulator

Six ceramic insulators, (some chipped), for supporting induction coils from induction-type deep x-ray therapy apparatus

Six ceramic insulators

Two lead-in insulators type 540

Two lead-in insulators type 540

Three pandrol insulators, type 1460 D, steel with nylon cover, English, c.1975

Three pandrol insulators