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Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, John D Keating, "Mind the Curve", 1970
Hard bound book, 172 pages, including end covers, 10 sections, title "Mind the Curve", with subtitle "A history of the Cable Trams", stitch bound to hard red Rexene covers with gold block title on the spine only. Dust cover has the title, author, drawing of Bourke St and details of the book and author on the returns. Written by John D Keating, published by the Melbourne University Press in 1970. Has index, acknowledgements, table of contents, list of illustrations and references Looks at the establishment, construction, operation and demise of the cable tram system in Melbourne. Provides location details of the engines houses, tramcars, ticketing, management, politics, the Northcote line and the workers. 2nd copy added from the collection of Colin Jones - title page signed by John Keating - see image i5/trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, cable trams, mto co, horse trams -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, J.M. Bennett M.A.,LL. D, Lives of the Australian Chief Justices. Sir William Stawell by J M Bennett, 2004
Biography of Sir William Stawell.Blue Paper dust jacket cover. with print. Oval Portrait of a man's head.Lives of the Australian Chief Justices. (in capitals printed in background) Head and Shoulders oval portrait of Sir William Stawell. in the centre of cover.stawell, law -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Tool - Blade, Laryngoscope, Magill, Circa 1943
“Penlon was founded as Longworth Scientific Instrument Co. Ltd, in 1943, in Oxford, by personnel from the Department of Anaesthetics at Oxford University.” (Ref. Retrieved from URL 2015: http://www.penlon.com/en/us/about/history.html ) Magill type blade to fit Longworth handles adult size without light bulb and without hinge at the back of the blade. Visible dust veil over its surface with presence of small oxidation spots mostly over the blade canal and base. Almost non used contact studs on base and lateral side at the light bulb connection. It has stamped on the blade base the fitting type name and the place where it was made.Stamped at the fitting base of the blade in cursive writing, Longworth Stamped at the fitting base of the base in capital writing below the previous text, MADE [I]N ENGLAN[D] longworth, magill, blade, adult blades, penlon