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SEC vidicon camera tube - identical to one used in IUE (international ultra-violet explorer) satellite

1972

Cloud mapper sensor for Meteostat weather satellite by Centronic Ltd., 1985-1988

1985-1988

External target for colliding with protons from the Nimrod particle accelerator, 1964-1978.

1964-1978

Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986

1986

Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986

1986

Sample radio receiver for the James Clerk Maxwell sub-millimetre radio telescope, 1986

1986

Ion source

1964-1978

External target for colliding with subatomic particles from the Nimrod particle accelerator, 1964-1978.

1964-1978

Internal target for colliding with subatomic particles taken from the Nimrod particle accelerator

1964-1978

Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986

1986

Spark chamber section, a particle detector used with Nimrod, 1964-1978

1964-1978

Cerenkov counter

1964-1978

SOHO Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS)

1995
Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) instrument for Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1995

SOHO Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS)

1995
CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments, model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1984

CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments

1984
David Simpson papers relating to the CHASE instrument covering: 1) Load and Stress / Finite ElementAnalysis 2) Thermal Analysis 3) Vibration Analysis 4) Grating Scan Analysis

CHASE papers of David Simpson

1970-1985
Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) instrument for Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1995

SOHO Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS)

1995
Cerenkov counter (small)

Cerenkov counter (small)

1964-1978
Multi-wire proportional counter developed at Rutherford Appleton Laboratories c.1985, used for the post electrophoresis imaging of sequence gels at the Manchester Biotechnology Centre

Multi-wire proportional counter developed at Rutherford Appleton Laboratories c.1985

1985
Sample segment panel for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), 1986

Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986

1986
Hydrogen target from Nimrod

Hydrogen target from Nimrod

1964-1978
Flight cover for CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments, model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1984

Flight cover for CHASE

1984
Bag of screws for CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments, model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1984

Bag of screws for CHASE

1984
High pressure hydrogen magnet Wilson Cloud Chamber, approximately 480mm high and 520mm diameter, weight approximately 300Kg. Used by Basil Rose to show that Spectrum of Neutrons from the Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (Zeta) was not consistent with neutrons from a thermonuclear reaction, c. 1957-1958. (Note: ZETA is sometimes incorrectly expanded as Zero Energy Thermal Apparatus).

High pressure hydrogen magnet Wilson Cloud Chamber

1955-1960
CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments, model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1984

CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments

1984
Radiation shield for CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments, model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1984

Radiation shield for CHASE

1984
Flight cover for CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments, model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1984

Flight cover for CHASE

1984
Trolley for CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments, model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1984

Trolley for CHASE

1984
Methane counter from Nimrod

Methane counter from Nimrod

1964-1978