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Milestone, Great Western Railway, inscribed 'Hay Railway 7 Miles', ex Three Cocks Line near Trefeinon Station, Hereford. Dimensions: 48 x 18.5 x 7 in (1219.2 x 469.9 x 177.8 mm).

Milestone from near Trefeinon Station, Hereford

Railway Infrastructure

Watkins indoor meter original carton. Watkins Meter Company. Cardboard box with metal-reinforced conrers.

Watkins indoor meter original carton

Photographic Technology

Deep searcher, folding, horn handle

Veterinary Medicine

1830-1900

Watkins bee meter. White metal with tin or chrome plating.

Watkins bee meter

Photographic Technology

c.1913

Watkins "Standard" Exposure Meter

Photographic Technology

1890-1900

Watkins bee meter instructions booklet and 'Watkins Speed Card'.

Watkins Speed Card and instructions

Photographic Technology

c.1913

Watkins indoor meter instruction book. Watkins Meter Company.

Watkins indoor meter instruction book

Photographic Technology

Watkins bee meter original carton. Card, corners reinforced with metal.

Watkins bee meter original carton

Photographic Technology

c.1913

Watch type actinometer with in-door meter dial. Watkins Meter Company.

Watkins indoor meter

Photographic Technology

Watkins "Bee" Exposure Meter

Photographic Technology

1915-1925

Veterinary fleam, 3-bladed, brass and horn handle

Veterinary Medicine

1825-1870

Watkins Eikronometer with a single minute hand and dial calibrated to 10 minutes. Preset hand adjusted from front. Minute hand adjusted from back. Winding key missing. Two brass calculator band around body for factorial development calculation. Watkins Meter Co.

Watkin's Eikronometer

Photographic Technology

Watkins Time Tank orginal carton. Watkins Meter Co.

Watkins Time Tank orginal carton

Photographic Technology

Watch type actinic meter with spare paper discs.

Watkins bee meter

Photographic Technology

c.1913

2 Watkins Bee meters, made by Alfred Watkins. Two actinometers watchform exposure meters in original box.

Two Watkins Bee meters

Photographic Technology

Box containing 2 Watkins Bee meters, made by Alfred Watkins. Comes with an instruction booklet.

Box for Watkins Bee meters

Photographic Technology

Instruction book for Watkins Bee meter.

Instruction book for Watkins Bee Meter

Photographic Technology

Watch-form actinometer by the Watkins Meter Co.

Watkins bee meter

Photographic Technology

1920

Speed card for Watkins Bee meter.

Speed card for Watkins Bee Meter

Photographic Technology

Watkins Junior exposure meter. Cylindrical form actinometer, wooden paper holder under mask and blue glass, two rotating calculator rings, 1893.

Watkins Junior exposure meter

Photographic Technology

VS 16 Watkins time development thermometer. Mercury thermometer calibrated in minutes for dish and tank developmment. In wooden cylindrical case

Watkins time development thermometer

Photographic Technology

VS 16 Watkins time development thermometer. Mercury thermometer calibrated in minutes for dish and tank developmment.

Watkins time development thermometer

Photographic Technology

Mercury thermometer calibrated in development times for a dish or tank. In wooden protective tube. Watkins Meter Company.

Watkins time thermometer

Photographic Technology

Watkins Universal Pinhole Lens, made by the Watkins CO., Hereford. Wooden disc with number 6 pinhole in metal plate. Rotating metal cover plate. Spring clip fitting for lens mount. In original carton with instructions. (M1900)

Watkins Universal Pinhole Lens

Photographic Technology

1905

Deep searcher, horn handle, by Imber, Hereford, England, 1830-1900.

Deep searcher

Veterinary Medicine

1830-1900

Watkins colour plate meter. Actinometer exposure meter, watchform. Calibrated for colour screen plates.

Watkins Colour Plate Meter

Photographic Technology

Three instruction cards for the Watkins 'Bee' exposure meter and one empty box marked 'Miranda; Japan' on the base. Two of the instruction cards are detailed, printed both sides of a card folded into four. One is dated April 1st 1911 (17th year of issue, price 1d). The other is dated January 16th 1924 (31st year of issue, price 3d with an additional postage cost of 3.5d).

Watkins "Bee" Exposure Meter instructions

Photographic Technology

1911-1924

Watkins Universal Pinhole lens. Wooden disc with inset pinhole in metal plate. Spring clips adjust to fit any size lens plate. No.6.

Watkins Universal pinhole lens

Photographic Technology

1885-1935

A colour transparency of Dolls Hospital, Hereford, photographed by Andrew Lawson, about 1977.

Dolls Hospital

Photographs

c. 1977

Watkin's Bee Meter. Watchform actinometer.

Watkins Bee Meter

Photographic Technology

Carton for a Watkin's Bee Meter.

Carton for a Watkins Bee Meter

Photographic Technology

Watkins pinhole lens. Wooden disc with rotating brass plate with five pine holes: numbers 1, 3, 6, 8, 10 ,12. Felt covered capping plate. Spring clip for attachment to lens mount.

Watkins pinhole lens

Photographic Technology

1905

Watkins hand camera meter. Disc/cylinder form actinometer, blue glass and paper mask with standard tint cover roll of paper. Two concentric calculator scales, outer one rotating. Manufactured by Watkins Meter Co., Hereford.

Watkins hand camera actinometer

Photographic Technology

Carton for a Watkins Bee meter.

Carton for Watkins Bee Meter

Photographic Technology

Watkins Bee Meter carton

Photographic Technology

1907

Watkin's Bee Meter. Watchform actinometer. In original box with instructions (12th edition)

Watkins Bee Meter

Photographic Technology

Watkins Bee meter. Actinometer, watch form. In original carton with short instructions, booklets and speed card.

Watkins Bee Meter

Photographic Technology

Watch type actinometer with in-door meter dial. Watkins Meter Company. With carton and instructions

Watkins indoor meter

Photographic Technology

Watkins actinometer. Watch-form actinometer, blue glass over mask with standard tint. Fixed calculator engraved on back plate.

Watkins actinometer

Photographic Technology

Watkins actinometer, watch-form. Sensitive paper under blue glass and mask with standard tint. Fixed calculator engraved on back plate.

Watkins actinometer

Photographic Technology

Plated brass developing tank for 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch plates. 12 plates are held horizontally in carriers in a rack attached to the lid. Light is trapped in the funnel lid, pouring spout on side. Watkins Meter Company.

watkins time tank

Photographic Technology

c. 1920

In original carton with 18th edition instruction book and May 18th 1935 speed card.

Watkins Bee Meter

Photographic Technology

1935

Watkins Bee Meter plate card

Photographic Technology

1907

Watkins Bee meter. Actinometer, watch form.

Watkins Bee Meter

Photographic Technology

Watkins standard meter. Cylindrical form actinometer, end cap on chain forms 1 sec. period pendulum. Wooden paper holder at other end under mask with tint segment and blue glass. Three rotating calculator rings.

Watkin standard meter

Photographic Technology

Watkins dial meter, made by Watkins Meter Co. Watch-form actinometer; plain glass and mask with standard tint; covered paper disc. Two levers adjust calculator dials behind mask.

Watkins Dial Meter

Photographic Technology

Watkins Bee meter, made by Alfred Watkins. Actinometer, watchform exposure meter.

Watkins Bee meters

Photographic Technology

Instruction book for a Watkins colour plate meter

Instruction book for a Watkins Colour Plate Meter

Photographic Technology

Watkins bee meter instructions with a list of plate speeds dated 23 June 1913 by Watkins Meter Co. c.1913.

Instructions For Watkins Bee Meter

Photographic Technology

1908-1918

Exposure meter for the Ruby Cine Camera by Thornton-Pickard, in original cardboard box and with instruction booklet.

Ruby Cine Camera Exposure Meter

Photographic Technology

1925-1935