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Physics Catalogue: A - C


Atmospheric Physics



Anemometer

Anemometer

Anemometer

  • Manufacturer: Jules Richard, Constucteur
  • Country of Origin: Paris, France
  • Serial Number: SN18A
  • Related Link: Link

Turbine type (in working order) in case with spanner & phial of oil. Calibration curve in pocket under lid.

Anemometer

Anemometer

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN18A

Brass stand, black cups. Label reading ""Returned by the National Meteorology Laboratory, Glasnevin. Oliver Power.


Barometer


Pressure Gauge

Pressure Gauge

  • Manufacturer: Schaeffer & Budenberg
  • Country of Origin: Zurich, Switzerland
  • Serial Number: SN4C

Glass fronted brass needle instrument.

Barometer

Barometer

  • Manufacturer: Lufft
  • Country of Origin: Fellbach, Germany
  • Serial Number: SN18B

Spherically curved glass surface. Scale reads from 970-1030mb.

Barometer

Barometer

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN18B

Domestic Aneroid Barometer with glass front cracked.


Baumé Hydrometer


Baume's Hydrometer for Heavy Liquids

Baume's Hydrometer for Heavy Liquids

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin: Germany
  • Serial Number: SN7C

Mercury bulb, wider hollow cylindrical segment and long graded tube with scale from 24-0.

Baume's Hydrometer?

Baume's Hydrometer

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN7C

Mercury bulb, pear shaped hollow segment, long graded tube with scale 45-0.


Beckmann Thermometer


Beckmann Thermometer

Beckmann Thermometer

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN4B

Beckmann Thermometer in padded grey cardboard case. Donated by Eric Finch.


Daniell Hygrometer


Daniell Hygrometer

Daniell Hygrometer

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN7A
  • Related Link: Link

Instrument lies in cloth lined hardwood case & is complete except for a missing base plate. (The latter is circular with a female threaded hole in the centre).


Gay Lussac's Alcoholometer


Gay Lussac's Alcoholometer

Gay Lussac's Alcoholometer

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN7D

Glass alcoholometer in glass cylinder within black card cylinder. Two scales: one wide, 10°-110°F, one narrow 0°-100°F centesimal scale.


Hydrometers


Box and Hydrometers

Hydrometers

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN7B

Wooden box containing 4 hydrometers - 2 are broken.


Hygrometer


Lambrecht Hygrometer

Hygrometer

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin: Germany
  • Serial Number: SN18B

Circular hygrometer, glass face. Scale from 0-100% 'rel. humidity'.


Portable Mercury Barometer


Portable Mercury Barometer

Portable Mercury Barometer

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  • Manufacturer: J. Newman
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN18C

In leather case with tripod; barometer is broken.

Portable Mercury Barometer

Portable Mercury Barometer

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  • Manufacturer: J. Newman
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN18C

Identical to 137; also broken.


Radiometer


Radiometer

Radiometer

  • Manufacturer: Edmund Scientific Co.
  • Country of Origin: New Jersey, USA
  • Serial Number: FF1C
  • Related Link: Link

Radiometer with cardboard & polystyrene box.


Tensiometer


Tensiometer

Tensiometer

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN1A

Homemade tensiometers on painted blue wooden bases. A: Appears intact; B: Suspension support string for needle broken, scale support twisted out of shape.

Tensiometer

Tensiometer

  • Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
  • Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
  • Serial Number: SN1A

Metal stand, supports heavily rusted. Rule scale from 0-7cm.


Thermometer/Barograph


Thermometer/Barograph

Thermometer/Barograph

  • Manufacturer: R. F.
  • Country of Origin: Paris, France
  • Serial Number: SN7A

Clockwork barograph & thermometer in glass fronted carrying case - glass missing.


Thermometers


Leslie's Differential Thermometer

Leslie's Differential Thermometer

  • Manufacturer: H. Negretti & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN7D

Instrument in perfect working order.

Thermometer (Maximum)

Thermometer (Maximum)

  • Manufacturer: Negretti & Zambra
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN7D

Complete working order, Patent No. 5783.

Thermometer

Thermometer

  • Manufacturer: Negretti & Zambra
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN7D

On backing plate but thermometer bulb is broken off.

Black Bulb Thermometer

Black Bulb Thermometer

  • Manufacturer: S. Casella
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN7C

Perfect condition.

Black Bulb Thermometer

Black Bulb Thermometer

  • Manufacturer: S. Casella
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN7C

As 143, identical but for slightly different scale.

Resistance Thermometer (?)

Resistance Thermometer (?)

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN7D

Two terminal device with ceramic tube.


Wet & Dry Bulb Thermometer


Wet & Dry Bulb Thermometer

Wet & Dry Bulb Thermometer

  • Manufacturer: F. Greiner
  • Country of Origin: Berlin, Germany
  • Serial Number: SN7D

Pair thermometers (one broken) on collapsible wooden stand. Wick & reservoir are missing.

Wet & Dry Bulb Thermometer

Wet & Dry Bulb Thermometer

  • Manufacturer: Mason & Son
  • Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
  • Serial Number: SN7C

Both on metal backing plate, wet bulb perfect, dry bulb broken.

Wet & Dry Bulb Thermometer

Wet & Dry Bulb Thermometer

  • Manufacturer: Negretti & Zambra
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN4A

Complete instrument packed in kapok in wooden case.

Wet & Dry Thermometer

Wet & Dry Thermometer

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN7D

Wooden base, two scales on thermometer columns, from 20°-130°F"


Cells



Bell (Dry) Cell


Bell (Dry) Cell

Bell (Dry) Cell

  • Manufacturer: General Electric Co.
  • Country of Origin: Coventry, England
  • Serial Number: SN3B

Large dry cell, Catalogue No. L4942.


Clark Standard Cell


Clark Standard Cell

Clark Standard Cell

  • Manufacturer: Muirhead & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN3C

Complete with integral thermometer.


Leclanché Cell


Leclanché Cell

Leclanché Cell

  • Serial Number: SN3A

Complete but without electrolyte.

Leclanché Cell

Leclanché Cell

  • Manufacturer: Litton
  • Country of Origin: England
  • Serial Number: SN3A

As 131 but with incorrect carbon electrode.

Pair Leclanché Cells

Leclanché Cell

  • Serial Number: SN3A

Complete & identical. (Note added: A has no glass jar).


Miscellaneous Cells


Glass Jars with Copper Electrodes

Glass Jars with Copper Electrodes

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN3C

Square glass jars, A containing 4 plate electrodes, B empty.

Carbon Cell Plate

Carbon Cell Plate

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN3A

Cell plate with brass screw terminal - see also 131 & 132.

Cell

Cell

  • Manufacturer: Baird & Tatlock Ltd.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN3C

Small black cell.

Cell

Cell

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN3C
Exide Battery Cell

Exide Battery Cell

  • Manufacturer: Exide
  • Country of Origin: Georgia, USA
  • Serial Number: SN3B

Photocell


Photocell

Photocell

  • Manufacturer: H. W. Sullivan
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN3B

"Osram" type complete with socket & base.

Photocell

Photocell

  • Manufacturer: Weston Electrical Instrument Corp.
  • Country of Origin: New Jersey, USA
  • Serial Number: SN3B

Weston brand, enclosed in original card box.

Photovoltaic Cell

Photovoltaic Cell

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN3B

Wooden frame, two terminals.


Weston Standard Cell


Weston Standard Cell

Weston Standard Cell

  • Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN3C

Complete in brass case. Patent No: 35661

Weston Cell

Weston Cell

  • Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN3C

Consists of pair of cells in brass case, with provision for thermometer.


Communications



Telegraph Dial


Automatic Telegraph Dial

Automatic Telegraph Dial

  • Manufacturer: Yeates & Son
  • Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
  • Serial Number: SN9B

Wooden base, faded metal dial with alphabet in a ring.

Automatic Telegraph Dial

Automatic Telegraph Dial

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN9B

Wooden base, upright brass dial with alphabet in a ring. Handle missing.


Telegraph Repeater


Repeater (Relay) for Telegraphy

Repeater (Relay) for Telegraphy

  • Manufacturer: Elliot Bros.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN9C

Complete instrument.

Telegraph Repeater (Relay)

Telegraph Repeater (Relay)

  • Manufacturer: Creed & Co. Ltd.
  • Country of Origin: East Croydon, England
  • Serial Number: SN9C
  • Related Link: Link

Complete instrument.


Telephone


Dial Telephone

Dial Telephone

  • Manufacturer: G & C
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN9A

Black dial telephone.

Mobile Phone

Mobile Phone

  • Manufacturer: Motorola
  • Country of Origin: USA
  • Serial Number: SN9A

Blue Motorola phone with protruding aerial.

Telephone (Wall mounted)

Telephone (Wall mounted)

  • Manufacturer: Hunnings-Cone
  • Country of Origin: Yorkshire, England
  • Serial Number: SN9A
  • Related Link: Link

Old wooden telephone, missing receiver.


Current Electricity



Ammeters


Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Identical to 102, 0-50 A scale, marked "Stanley Patent" also.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: Newton & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: ST2A
Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: Sangamo Weston Ltd.
  • Country of Origin: Middlesex, England
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Ammeter on angled wooden support. Scale 0-300 mA.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: Weston
  • Country of Origin: New Jersey, USA
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Ammeter on angled wooden support. Scale 0-1 Milliamperes D.C.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: Elliott Bros.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Ammeter in wooden casing on wooden base.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Pointer ammeter in faded brass casing. Two terminals, scale from 0-3000 'Milli-amps'.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Unipivot ammeter in black bakelite casing. Scale 0-120 Microamps.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: Ferranti
  • Country of Origin: Hollinwood, England
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Milliammeter on angled hardwood base. Scale 0-50 milliamperes.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: Ferranti
  • Country of Origin: Hollinwood, England
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Small ammeter on angled hardwood base. Scale 50-200. Printed ""Thermocouple, F, Gx2, 1940.

Ammeter on Handle

Ammeter on Handle

  • Manufacturer: Medical Supply Association
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Handle with ammeter free to rotate about axis. Scale -5-+5 Milli-amps.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: Crompton Parkinson Limited
  • Country of Origin: Leeds, England
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Black box casing, two terminals, handle, large circular white display, scale 0-20 Amperes. Printed Calibrated in horizontal position.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: Crompton
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Black box casing, six terminals, handle. Large rectangular white display, scale 0-5 Amperes. Printed Calibrated in horizontal position. Sticker: Property of Chem. Eng. Dept.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: Mason
  • Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
  • Serial Number: FL2C

Ammeter on angled wooden support. Missing casing over display.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: PGCO
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL2C

Circular/Cylindrical ammeter with two diametrically opposed terminals. Scale 0-80 A.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: Rustrak
  • Country of Origin: Ohio, USA
  • Serial Number: FL2C

Grey box-shaped D.C. Milliammeter. Scale 0-1 Milliamperes D.C. Graph paper backdrop display.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: Weston
  • Country of Origin: New Jersey, USA
  • Serial Number: FL2C

Ammeter on angled wooden support. Bakelite display casing. Scale 0-5 Amperes.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: Sangamo Weston Ltd.
  • Country of Origin: Middlesex, England
  • Serial Number: ST2A

Ammeter in a case. Display glass cracked.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL2B

D.C. Milliammeter on angled wooden base. Scale 0-1 milliamperes. Moving coil.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: Anders
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Milliammeter in black angled bakelite case.


Astatic Galvanometer


Astatic Galvanometer

Astatic Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: Watkins & Hill
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8.5C

Complete instrument with small telescope to view scale through the glass cover.

Nobilis Astatic Galvanometer

Nobilis Astatic Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL8.5C

Complete instrument in glass case.

Astatic Galvanometer

Astatic Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL8.5C

Complete instrument on wooden base.


Automatic Battery Switch


Neville Patent Automatic Battery Switch

Neville Patent Automatic Battery Switch

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL1Top

Angled bakelite base with coil and levers. Marked "100V".


Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer


Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer

Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: R. W. Paul
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8.5B

A: Complete, but mirror has separated from mounting; B: Identical to A but without vertical mirror support.

Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer

Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: Baird & Tatlock Ltd.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8.5B

Complete instrument.

Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer

Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
  • Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
  • Serial Number: FL8.5A

Complete instrument.

Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer

Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: Leeds & Northrup Co.
  • Country of Origin: Philadelphia, USA
  • Serial Number: FL8.5B

Complete but torsion fibre is broken.

Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer

Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8.5A

Complete apart from broken torsion fibre. Has added parallel shunt resistance.

Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer

Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8.5A

Complete working order apart from torsion fibre.

Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer

Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8.5A

Complete instrument. Fibre broken.


Black Box with mystery circuit concealed in wax


Black Box with mystery circuit concealed in wax.

Black Box with mystery circuit concealed in wax.

  • Manufacturer: Alan Greig
  • Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
  • Serial Number: SN17B

Designed and built by Prof Greig (retired 1978). Students were tasked with determining the hidden circuit by experiment.


Box for High-Voltage Apparatus


Box for High-Voltage Apparatus

Box for High-Voltage Apparatus

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: SN16A

Wooden box with glass base. High voltage terminals on lid for attaching to contents.


Bridge Circuit


Bridge Circuit

Bridge Circuit

  • Manufacturer: Weston
  • Country of Origin: New Jersey, USA
  • Serial Number: ST1F

Wooden casing with angled black face. Label reading 'For checking extractor network from outside accel. column. E. Meyer'. Readout scale -100-+100?a.


Broca Galvanometer


Broca Galvanometer

Broca Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8.5D

Complete except for missing small control magnet (fits on end of moveable arm).


Capacitors


Precision Capacitor

Precision Capacitor

  • Manufacturer: H. W. Sullivan
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL2A

Brass encapsulated; missing shorting plug.

Capacitance Box

Capacitance Box

  • Manufacturer: H. W. Sullivan
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL2A

Complete but knob of one switch is broken.

Capacitor

Capacitor

  • Serial Number: FL2A
Capacitor

Capacitor

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL2A
Capacitor

Capacitor

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL2A
Capacitor

Capacitor

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL2A
Variable Capacitor

Variable Capacitor

  • Manufacturer: Fallon
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL2A

Black casing holding fifteen rows of metal semicircular plates. Knob rotating scale (0-180) and a further fourteen interlocking semicircular plates.

Variable Capacitor

Variable Capacitor

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL2A

13 rows of semicircular metal plates on hardwood base. 13 rotating interlocking plates. Handle missing. Wire attached.

Capacitor?

Capacitor

  • Manufacturer: (illegible)
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL2A

Wooden cube with two terminals. Broken slightly revealing interior. Printed ""Type W800, Capacity 0.1?F, Max Working Voltage 3000 D.C., Patented.


D'Arsonval Galvanometer


D'Arsonval Galvanometer

D'Arsonval Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: Nalder Bros. & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8C

Complete.

D'Arsonval Galvanometer

D'Arsonval Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
  • Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
  • Serial Number: FL8C

Complete apart from broken torsion fibre.

D'Arsonval Galvanometer

D'Arsonval Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
  • Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
  • Serial Number: FL8C

Complete apart from broken torsion fibre.

D'Arsonval Galvanometer

D'Arsonval Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8A

Mirror type device complete in wooden case. Type No: 4789.

D'Arsonval Galvanometer

D'Arsonval Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8C

Brass, complete.

D'Arsonval Galvanometer

D'Arsonval Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8C

Integral lamp & see through scale all in hardwood case. Type S.S.I. 45 & labelled "Supplied by Mason, Dublin".


D'Arsonval Pointer Galvanometer


D'Arsonval Pointer Galvanometers

D'Arsonval Pointer Galvanometers

  • Manufacturer: Gambrell Bros.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8B

Glass fronted hardwood cased instrument designed for wall mounting. A: Complete but broken torsion fibre; C: Complete but broken torsion fibre & mechanism.

D'Arsonval Pointer Galvanometer

D'Arsonval Pointer Galvanometers

  • Manufacturer: Mason
  • Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
  • Serial Number: FL8B

Free standing in hardwood case with bubble level included. Complete but torsion fibre is broken.


Differential Galvanometer


Differential Galvanometer

Differential Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
  • Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
  • Serial Number: FL8.5D

Missing mirror, magnet & torsion fibre.


Electrical Switch


Electrical Switch

Electrical Switch

  • Manufacturer: Dixon & Hempenstall (Opticians)
  • Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
  • Serial Number: ST2A

Galvanometer Shunt Box


Galvanometer Shunt Box

Galvanometer Shunt Box

  • Manufacturer: R. W. Paul
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8D

Set of resistances in two terminal brass case. Type "A-M No 42".

Ayrton & Mather Universal Shunt Box

Ayrton & Mather Universal Shunt Box

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL8D

Complete in hardwood case.


Galvanometers


Needle Telegraph (Galvanometer)

Needle Telegraph (Galvanometer)

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL8A

Wooden box with glass front and metal handle. Deflection scale -60 ° -+60 ° . Needle pointer attached to coil (inside).


Galvanometer

Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: Yeates & Son
  • Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
  • Serial Number: FL8A

Wooden disc with semi-circular deflection scale (-90-+90). Needle pointer attached to coil.

Ammeter

Ammeter

  • Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
  • Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
  • Serial Number: FL8C

Small black ammeter missing a leg.

Galvanometer

Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: Baird & Tatlock Ltd.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8A

Single-pivot galvanometer.

Galvanometer (Scalamp)

Galvanometer (Scalamp)

  • Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
  • Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
  • Serial Number: FL8A

Steel cased galvanometer with 3-pin plug. This instrument was bought in October 1961 and cost £28. Please treat it with care. Scale 0-14 and -7-+7.


Large Thermionic Diode


Large Thermionic Diode

Large Thermionic Diode

  • Manufacturer: Ediswan
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: ST1B

Large (12x6) device mounted on hardwood base. Type ESU 400.


Potentiometer


Volt Ration Box

Volt Ration Box

  • Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL11.5

Voltage reduction box for use with potentiometer.

Potentiometer

Potentiometer

  • Manufacturer: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL11.5

Portable potentiometer used for 1981 Arctic Expedition.


Powermeter


Powermeter

Powermeter

  • Manufacturer: Philips
  • Country of Origin: Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Serial Number: ST1E

Broken handle. Scale reads 0-300 and 0-100 with '0dB=1mW 600? 0,775V' written.


Ratemeter


Ratemeter

Ratemeter

  • Manufacturer: Philips
  • Country of Origin: Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Serial Number: ST2F

Black façade, scale 0-100 and 0-30 (units unclear).


Resistance Apparatus


Precision Resistance

Precision Resistance

  • Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL2A

Value 1?, known as "Manganin Type".

Precision Resistance

Precision Resistance

  • Manufacturer: Elliott Bros.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN17A

Value 100?, type known as "British Association Pattern".

Precision Resistance

Precision Resistance

  • Manufacturer: Elliot Bros.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL2A

Value 1?, type known as British Association Pattern. Also has wooden case & brass connection clamps.

Resistance Instrument

Resistance Instrument

  • Manufacturer: Baird & Tatlock Ltd.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL2A
Resistor

Resistor

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL2A

6,000? resistor.

Extra Resistance for AC Test Instrument

Extra Resistance for AC Test Instrument

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL6DR

Wooden base with resistance plugs covered by black metal grating.


Resistance Box, 'Post-Office' Type


Resistance Box (Post-Office Type)

Resistance Box (Post-Office Type)

  • Manufacturer: A. Gallenkamp & Co. Ltd.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL2D

Wooden box, black-handled plugs.

Resistance Box (Post-Office Type)

Resistance Box (Post-Office Type)

  • Manufacturer: Gambrell Bros &
    Co. Ltd.; Mason, Dublin
  • Country of Origin: London, England; Dublin, Ireland
  • Serial Number: FL2D

Wooden box, brass-handled plugs, contacts slightly off-level.

Resistance Box (Post-Office Type)

Resistance Box (Post-Office Type)

  • Manufacturer: Leeds & Northrup Co.
  • Country of Origin: Minworth England
  • Serial Number: FL2D

Wooden box, black-handled plugs. Scars on inside of lid due to over-extended screw, brass handle on lid.

Resistance Box (Post-Office Type)

Resistance Box (Post-Office Type)

  • Manufacturer: Gambrell
  • Country of Origin: Croydon, England
  • Serial Number: FL2C

23 resistance plugs. Label inside lid reads "This instrument was bought in Feb 1962 and cost £20. Please treat it with care."


Resistance Unit


Large Resistance Unit?

Large Resistance Unit

  • Manufacturer: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL7EB

Rheostats


Rheostat

Rheostat

  • Manufacturer: Zenith
  • Country of Origin: Suffolk, England
  • Serial Number: FL2A
  • Related Link: Link

Rheostat used as teaching apparatus. Manual slider marked 'Amps 1-2' and 'Ohms 220'.

Rheostat

Rheostat

  • Manufacturer: Zenith
  • Country of Origin: Suffolk, England
  • Serial Number: FL2A
  • Related Link: Link

Rheostat used as teaching apparatus. Manual slider marked 'Amps 2' and 'Ohms 28'. Broken at one end.

Rheostat

Rheostat

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL2A

Rheostat used as teaching apparatus. Screw-operated slider. Hexagonal winding.

Rheostat

Rheostat

  • Manufacturer: Philip Harris Ltd.
  • Country of Origin: Birmingham, England
  • Serial Number: FL2A

Rheostat with slider handle and curved steel frame.


Resistance Box


Resistance Box

Resistance Box

  • Manufacturer: Baird & Tatlock Ltd.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL2D

Complete working order.

Resistance Boxes

Resistance Boxes

  • Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
  • Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
  • Serial Number: FL2C

Identical pair plug type boxes: A complete. Labelled Supplied by T. H. Mason, 5 & 6 Dame Street, Dublin.

Resistance Box

Resistance Box

  • Manufacturer:
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  • Serial Number: FL2D

In hardwood case, missing all four plugs.

Resistance 'Box'

Resistance Box

  • Manufacturer:
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  • Serial Number: FL2D

Hardwood board with coils beneath. Fine resistance wire on ebonite rod is broken.

Resistance Board

Resistance Board

  • Manufacturer:
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  • Serial Number: SN17A

Homemade resistance board.

Resistance Box

Resistance Box

  • Manufacturer:
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  • Serial Number: SN17A

High voltage, sealed resistance box.

High Voltage Resistance Coil

High Voltage Resistance Coil

  • Manufacturer:
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  • Serial Number: SN17A

Wooden base, vertical support for coil. Sheathed in glass.

Resistance Box

Resistance Box

  • Manufacturer:
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  • Serial Number: SN17C

Poor condition, glass top cracked. Label illegible.


Reversing Switch Circuit


Reversing Switch Circuit

Reversing Switch Circuit

  • Manufacturer:
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  • Serial Number: Attic

D.C. Low voltage reversing switch circuit. Switch connected, via series of capacitors, to small light bulb. All on painted white wooden base.

Reversing Switch Circuit

Reversing Switch Circuit

  • Manufacturer:
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  • Serial Number: Attic

A.C. High voltage reversing switch circuit. Switch connected via series of capacitors to terminal which held large light bulb. All on painted white wooden base.


Standard Wavemeter


Standard Wavemeter

Standard Wavemeter

  • Manufacturer: H. W. Sullivan
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: ST2B

Wooden box containing dials & terminals. '150 to 20,000 metres'.


Tangent Galvanometers


Tangent Galvanometer

Tangent Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: F. E. Becker & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN16B/C

Wooden circular base with vertical brass coil holder with insulated coil. Each contain non-original compass by W. G. Pye & Co.

Tangent Galvanometer

Tangent Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
  • Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
  • Serial Number: SN16C

Bakelite tripod base holding vertical coil holder with insulated coil. Also holds compass 664.

Tangent Galvanometer

Tangent Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: Nalder Bros. & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: ST2B

Wooden base with vertical brass loop with coil inside and out. Holds compass by W. G. Pye & Co. Ltd.


Thomson's Mirror Galvanometer


Thomson's Mirror Galvanometer

Thomson's Mirror Galvanometer

  • Manufacturer: Elliot Bros.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL8.5D

Complete except for curved magnet & supporting rod for same.


Voltmeters

Millivoltmeter

Millivoltmeter

  • Manufacturer: General Electric Co.
  • Country of Origin: Coventry, England
  • Serial Number: ST1B

Large demonstration instrument in hardwood case.

Voltmeter

Voltmeter

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Large (~8" diameter) copper cased instrument needle display. 0-80 V range. Market Stanley Patent.

Voltmeter

Voltmeter

  • Manufacturer: Weston
  • Country of Origin: New Jersey, USA
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Voltmeter on angled wooden support. Scale 0-15V D.C.

Voltmeter

Voltmeter

  • Manufacturer: Crompton Parkinson Limited
  • Country of Origin: Leeds, England
  • Serial Number: FL2B
  • Related Link: Link

Voltmeter on angled wooden support. Scale 0-20 Volts.

Voltmeter

Voltmeter

  • Manufacturer: Mason; White Elec. Inst. Co. Ltd.
  • Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland; London, England
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Voltmeter on angled wooden support. Scale 0-15 Volts.

Voltmeter

Voltmeter

  • Manufacturer:
  • Country of Origin:
  • Serial Number: FL2B

Voltmeter on angled wooden support. Two scales: 0-75, 0-7.5 V.

Voltmeter

Voltmeter

  • Manufacturer: Everett Edgcumbe
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: FL2B
  • Related Link: Link

2 1/2" diameter, letter 'E' printed on reverse. Scale 0-3500 Volts.

Voltmeter

Voltmeter

Bulky black plastic casing. Scale -10-+10 (units unclear).

Voltmeter

Voltmeter

  • Manufacturer: Sangamo Weston Ltd.
  • Country of Origin: Middlesex, England
  • Serial Number: FL2B
  • Related Link: Link

Voltmeter on angled hardwood base. Model 551.

Voltmeter

Voltmeter

  • Manufacturer: Weir Electronics
  • Country of Origin: Bognor Regis, England
  • Serial Number: FL2C

Plug-in voltmeter, with steel handle. DV Meter 500 Mk III.


Wheatstone Bridge


Wheatstone Bridge

Wheatstone Bridge

  • Manufacturer: Nalder Bros. & Co.
  • Country of Origin: London, England
  • Serial Number: SN9B

Complete in hardwood case. Formerly used for insulation testing.



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