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Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1970
Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘70 in Osaka and travelled to Osaka several times in 1969-1970. Boyd designed the innovative Space Tube, which had over 25 exhibition boxes, projecting from it. Amongst the topics covered were Australian scientific innovation (including brain research, immunology, Antarctic research, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, rainmaking, and the night sky), Australian sport, house interiors, car manufacturing, Australian music and art, and Japanese-Australian relations.Colour slide in a mount. Fountains, Expo '70, Osaka, Japan. (Architect: Isamo Noguchi.)Made in Australia / 37 / MAY 70M3 / 13 (Handwritten)expo 70, osaka, robin boyd, slide -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, Herald Sun, "The Silent Line", 18-8-1969
Reports on a Science Congress in Adelaide and a speech by Robert Risson about future transport possible systems - all types such as conveyor belts, air cushion vehicles, magnetic cushions, pneumatic tubes, moving footpaths, jet-propelled vehicles, gas turbine and diesel electric buses. These are known as "gadgetbahns" mooted proposals that seldom come to commercial fruition. His main emphasis was on the future all-electric tram fleet that was proposed for Melbourne. Also notes underground systems such as San Francisco. Item by Science Writer Frank Campbell.Yields information about possible future transport systems - gadgetbahnsNewspaper clipping - "The Silent line" and "On the move the mod way" - The Herald "18-8-1969" tramways, trams, melbourne, public transport, future transport, transport systems, electric trams, all-electric trams, robert risson, gadgetbahns, underground tramways -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1970
Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘70 in Osaka and travelled to Osaka several times in 1969-1970. Boyd designed the innovative Space Tube, which had over 25 exhibition boxes, projecting from it. Amongst the topics covered were Australian scientific innovation (including brain research, immunology, Antarctic research, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, rainmaking, and the night sky), Australian sport, house interiors, car manufacturing, Australian music and art, and Japanese-Australian relations.Colour slide in a mount. 1579 Electric Power Pavilion, Expo '70, Osaka, Japan (Architect: Junzo Sakakura)Made in Australia / 24 / MAY 70M3expo 70, osaka, robin boyd, slide -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Memorabilia - Gas Mask, 1939
WW2 General Service Respirator (GSR) Gas Mask WWII made in 1939 and the Canister was made 1941. Mask made of black rubber with glass eye slots with metal rims. Metal nost piece. Covered in khaki fabric. Elasticized straps to hold mask in place, with a tan circular cloth covered rubber tube that connects to the canister. Tin canister is oval shaped reinforced with ridges, red/brown in colour.Back of mask: N-4II / ML M MAY 39gas mask, equipment, gas warfare, second world war, world war two, world war ii, mustard gas, chemical warfare -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Oxford vaporiser
This vaporiser is enclosed in a portable black cylindrical bakelite carry case with moulded handle, woven fabric strap and single steel latch. The item comprises a three-chambered vaporiser, an assortment of attachments including black ribbed rubber tubing, light brown rubber rebreather bag, facemask, black rubber mask harness, Connell pharyngeal airway with connector, an attachment for an endotracheal or nasal tube, as well as spare thermometer and other parts.Stencilled in white paint on the outside top lid is 'THIS SIDE UP / WITH CARE / SEE INSTRUCTIONS / INSIDE LID'. Serial number is inscribed on metal plate inside the lid and printed in white on the inside lid is 'IMPORTANT / The Oxford Vaporiser is a scientific apparatus'vaporiser, oxford, anaesthetic, portable, bakelite, connell pharyngeal airway, heated vapor, endotracheal, nasal, rebreather bag, thermometer, facemask -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DONALD CLARKE COLLECTION: H. V. MCKAY MASSEY HARRIS INVOICE
Invoice dated 31/12/1655 for Mr. D . W. Clarke, Llanelly, from H. V. McKay Massey Harris, Agency, High-Grade Farm Machinery, for: canvas £11.09.06 oil tube £0.03.09 Invoice totalling £11.13.03. Inoice receipted to D. W. & k. G. Clarke for £87.08.03. H. V. McKay Massey Harris, Agency, High-Grade Farm Machinery, Market Square, Bendigo. -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Radios, box with a 'Mullard' valve, 20thC
Mullard Limited was a British manufacturer of electronic components. The Mullard Radio Valve Co. Ltd. of Southfields, London, was founded in 1920 by Captain Stanley R. Mullard, who had previously designed valves for the Admiralty before becoming managing director of the Z Electric Lamp Co. The company soon moved to Hammersmith, London and then in 1923 to Balham, London. The head office in later years was Mullard House in Torrington Place, Bloomsbury, now part of University College London. In 1923, in order to meet the technical demands of the newly formed BBC, Mullard formed a partnership with the Dutch manufacturer Philips. The valves (US vacuum tube) produced in this period were named with the prefix PM, for Philips-Mullard, beginning with the PM3 and PM4 in 1926. Mullard finally sold all its shares to Philips in 1927. In 1928 the company introduced the first pentode valve to the British market. Mullard opened a new manufacturing plant at Mitcham, Surrey in 1929 and in late 1930s Mullard opened a new plant in Blackburn, Lancashire. By 1949 Mullard had produced a number of television sets, such as the MTS-521 and MTS-684 and in 1951 Mullard was producing the LSD series of photographic flash tubes. In the early 1980s, Mullard manufactured the SAA5050, some of the earliest teletext decoding modules made in the UK. In 1957 Philips-Mullard helped to set up the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO) at the University of Cambridge. Philips continued to use the brand name "Mullard" in the UK until 1988. Mullard Research Laboratories in Redhill, Surrey then became Philips Research Laboratories. As of 2007, the Mullard brand has been revived by Sovtek, producing a variant of the ECC83 and EL34. The Z Electric Lamp Co. continued business into the 1970s operating from premises in Thornton Heath, south London, manufacturing lamps of specialised design but it closed due to the recession in the mid 1970s. Sovtek is a brand of vacuum tube owned by Mike Matthews's New Sensor Corporation and manufactured in Saratov, Russia. They are often used in guitar amplificationA box with a 'Mullard' valve for a radioTop of box : MULLARD / ELECTRONIC VALVE / Side of box; GAURANTEED ELECTRONIC / VALVE / MULLARD ( in a shield) : mullard radio valve co. ltd., london, mullard captain stanley, electronic equipment, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, early settlers -
Melbourne Athenaeum Archives
Barometer, Given the plaque affixed to the instrument states Royal Arcade as the premises’ address it is assumed that the barometer was manufactured no sooner than1869
Stick mercury barometer, named after Admiral Robert Fitzroy of the Royal Navy (1805 - 1865) for his detailed instructions on interpreting the weather that are included with the instrument. Fitzroy was the captain of the Beagle, a weather forecaster to Charles Darwin and the second Governor of New Zealand. He developed many different types of barometers and was the first person to introduce the science of weather forecasting to the British Isles. A local manufacturer of scientific instruments, Thomas Gaunt, produced the barometer and it was adapted for the southern hemisphere by Robert Ellery, the State Astronomer based at the Melbourne Observatory. Described as "Gaunt's Fitzroy Barometers" in the original sale catalogue, it was priced from 25/- to ₤9.9s. [See Miller, M., Gaunt’s Time, 2014]. Thomas Gaunt's business was originally located at 14 Bourke Street East from 1858. In 1869-1870 he moved to new premises in the Royal Arcade, Collins Street. Gaunt's business became an institution in Victorian Melbourne and Gaunt its leading clock maker. PROVENANCE According to official minutes the barometer was purchased by the Melbourne Athenaeum in 1874. In particular, at the March meeting of the General Committee the House Subcommittee was instructed to "obtain a Fitzroy or other reliable barometer" to be "fixed in the Reading Room". The 1874 Annual Report records the purchase at ₤3.10.0. The barometer is historically significant as an example of the work of Melbourne’s leading scientific instrument maker, Thomas Gaunt. The barometer has social significance as an example of the type of accoutrements provided by the committee of the Melbourne Athenaeum for the comfort of its members. Further social significance lies in the fact that Robert Ellery, the Government Astronomer, who designed the local version of the barometer, has a direct connection with the Athenaeum being a subscription member and committee member of the Athenaeum during the 1870s. There are also records of a T Gaunt as a subscription member of the Athenaeum during the 1870s and 1880s which may be Thomas Gaunt, however, this is yet to be verified. Stick mercury barometer known as the Admiral Fitzroy Barometer. It comprises an oblong wooden case with glass front panel, ornate pediment, barometer with bulb cistern (empty of fluid),printed instructions for interpreting information given by the gauge affixed to left and right face of instrument. Includes a thermometer. The barometer appears to be intact except for the turning knobs which are missing and the mercury in the tube which is not present. Whether the instrument could be restored to working order is unknown. Front right panel, metal plaque: "Thos Gaunt, Barometer Maker, Royal Arcade, Melbourne"melbourne athenaeum, barometer, thermometer, admiral fitzroy, thomas gaunt of melbourne, robert ellery -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document - Wamira A10 Documents and drawings
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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), "Issue of Tokens", c1915
Yields information and demonstrates the use of fare tokens in Ballarat, their manufacture and accounting information.Report - typed foolscap sheet (2 copies) and handwritten sheet, for which most of the sheet has been reproduced in the typed report. The hand written sheet is ruled and has been glued together to form a long sheet. Looks at the purchase of tokens in 1914, the costs from the UK and Australia, how they were issued to crews, for both fare box drivers and conductors, accounting for them using tubes, time taken to account for by a clerk. trams, tramways, ballarat, bendigo, tokens, fare boxes, operations, esco -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Personal Care kit, 1939-1945
This Personal Care kit was issued by the Australian Army to those in military service during WWII, including Dr.W.R. Angus. The kit was part of a soldier's equipment to guard against possible sexually transmitted infections. It is now part of Flagstaff Hill’s comprehensive W.R. Angus Collection, donated by the family of Dr W R Angus (1901-1970), surgeon and oculist. Dr W R Angus was a Surgeon Captain for the Australian Defence Forces, Army Medical Corps, stationed in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W. He completed his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. The W.R. Angus Collection: - The W.R. Angus Collection includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) and Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. It includes historical medical and surgical equipment and instruments from the doctors Edward and Thomas Ryan of Nhill, Victoria. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1927 at Ballarat, the nearest big city to Nhill where he began as a Medical Assistant. He was also Acting House surgeon at the Nhill hospital where their two daughters were born. During World War II He served as a Military Doctor in the Australian Defence Forces. Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool in 1939, where Dr Angus operated his own medical practice. He later added the part-time Port Medical Officer responsibility and was the last person appointed to that position. Both Dr Angus and his wife were very involved in the local community, including the planning stages of the new Flagstaff Hill and the layout of the gardens there. Dr Angus passed away in March 1970.This item is significant in Australia's Military History. It aids in understanding life in the military and the changes to normal life and morality. Dr W R Angus (1901-1970), surgeon and oculist, collected a range of military objects including those he personally used during his time as Surgeon Captain in the Australian Defence Forces in World War II. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The Collection includes historical medical objects that date back to the late 1800s.Australian Army personal care kit, WWII era. A rectangular brown box containing a small blue cardboard box with a leaflet and two small tubes of ointment inside it, four square waxed paper prophylactic packets and a brown cardboard cylinder with enclosed ends containing a waxy substance. The overall box has a handwritten inscription. The kit belonged to Dr W R Angus and are now part of the W. R. Angus Collection.On the large box, handwritten “ARMY ISSUE” On waxed paper wrapper; “CHECKER NEW LATEX PROPHYLACTIC” On the small box “THE BLUE LIGHT OUTFIT” “DIRECTIONS INSIDE” flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, dr w r angus, w.r. angus collection, australian army, world war 2, second world war, australian defence forces, ww 2, ww ii, military equipment, army issue, personal care, personal hygene, prevention of std, prevention of sti, prevention of vd -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Lathe (Model)
"This is a rough model of the woodturning lathe Kurt Beilharz built from scrap as a 17 year old in Camp 3, Tatura. The drive wheel was a hollow redgum block from the firewood supply. The shaft was a 1/2" water pipe, the bearings of the spindle were 3/4" water pipe with tooth paste tubes melted into and honed out for the spindle. They had holes for oiling. The drive belt came from my Mother's sewing machine. I used screws in the model, but in reality bolts were used, which were bought as well as the framing timber"Wooden model of a lathe made and used at Camp 3. Triangular upright frame with a hollow drive wheel, driven by a piece of wire with a handle on one end. Drive belt is a piece of fine cord.lathe, model, beilharz, k, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, handcrafts, models -
National Wool Museum
Machine - Sock Knitting Machine
Knitted fabric is made with a single yarn or sets of yarns moving in only one direction. Whether done by hand or by machine, the process is the same. The knitting needle loops the yarn through itself to make a chain of stitches. These chains, or rows, are connected to produce the knitted cloth. There are two types of commercial knitting machine. A flat-bed has its needles, one for each loop, arranged in a straight line to produce a flat fabric. A circular machine has its needles arranged on a rotating circle. The cloth forms as a tube which can be made into seamless clothing. Griswold bench-type sock knitting machine hand operated by turning the handle.sock knitting machine, textile industry, wool, fashion, clothing -
Geelong Cycling Club
Archive - Track Bike, 1949
Track cycle built by Eugene Cowley in 1949 for Ken Jenkin from the Geelong Amateur Cycling Club.Gene Cowley began building cycles in the 1890s and continued until the middle 1950s. He was the first president of the Geelong Amateur Cycling Club.Velos Track and Road Cycle. It has a steel frame, steel rims, rubber tyres, Brookes saddle, pedals with toe straps, handle bars for track racing and dual brakes. This machine is equipped with an early derailler gear- note change lever on down tube. The frame is painted grey and has a Velos badge on the seat stem and a V in white with a red background on the head stem. The word Velos is also outlined on the frame in white with red shadowing."Velos/V"ken jenkin; eugene cowley; geelong amateur cycling club; track cycle; velos track and road cycle; brookes saddle; geelong cycling club; -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Boyle's Machine, British Oxygen Company, circa 1950
This Boyle’s machine was made by the British Oxygen Company (BOC) in the 1950’s. The original Boyle's machine was invented by the British anaesthetist, Henry Boyle in 1917. His machine was a modification of the American Gwathmey apparatus of 1912, and became the best known early continuous flow anaesthetic machine. The Boyle’s machine was first made by Coxeter and Sons, under the direction of Lord George Wellesly, which was later acquired by the British Oxygen Company (BOC). Though a lot of changes have been made to the original design of the Boyle’s machine, the basic structure remains the same today.Green trolley on casters with flowmeter and vaporiser bottles attached to a stainless cross bar. There is a glass shelf at top of the trolley and a second glass shelf at base of trolley, above a pull out drawer. The pull out drawer contains 4 x black rubber masks, 3 x black rubber tubing connectors, 4 x seals, 1 a black corrugated rubber hose with red rebreather bag, red tube and masonite support board.Tin plate attached to upper portion of trolley: THE / BOYLE / apparatus / BY THE BRITISH OXYGEN CO. LTD.henry boyle, anaesthetic machine, gas, oxygen, flowmeter, nitrous oxide, british oxygen company, boc, coxeter and sons -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Equipment - Crib bottle
a metal bottle that is 37 centimetres heigh and an oval shape 16 and 13 centimetres diameter. The oval cylinder is 17 centimeters heigh the next 8 centimetres is conical shape that narrows to a four centimetre circle from which a four centimetre tube extends for 12 centimetres. The metal handle is attached to metal pieces that are riveted to the conical section of the bottle. the handle is 23 centimetres heigh and extends ten centimetres above the bottle, it's half a centimetre in diameterminer's item, crib bottle, water bottle -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: THE JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTION OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS (LONDON )
The journal of the institution of locomotive engineers (London) with grey cover and black text. The journal president is M. F. Ryan Esq CBE. Publisher: the institution, 46 Malling St , Lewes Sussex , England. The contents include: new members, steel fireboxes and tubes, superheat estimation, Manchester meeting, Leeds meeting, relation of cylinder and boiler power to locomotive rating, writing on page 2 'J Badham 16 Abbott St Bendigo', item date 1919.M F Ryancottage, miners, j badham/the journal of the institution of locomotive engineers(london ) m f ryan -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Vial, Kingsgrove Laboratories, 20th century
These Carbocine tablets are used for Travel Sickness. The packaging includes the following text - "This tube contains twelve Carbocine tablets, each containing 2.0000 grs Carbromal, 0.0046 gr Hyoscine Hydrobromide, 1.0000gr Caffeine. CAUTION: It is dangerous to exceed the stated dose. ADULTS: Take one or two tablets one hour before commencement of travel; then one tablet every four hours if necessary. CHILDREN OVER SEVEN YEARS: one half adult dose, not more thant two tablets should be taken during 24 hours CHILDREN UNDER SEVEN YEARS: As directed by a physician.This vial is an example of chemicals used fo prevent or control travel sickness in the 20th century. It is also an example of pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging.Plastic vial, leaflet and cardboard package. Vial once contained Carbocine pills for prevention of all forms of travel sickness. Made by Kingsgrove Laboratories Pty Ltd Sydney."KINGSGROVE LABORATORIES PTY. LTD. SYDNEY" , "1 C 3"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, travel sickness medication, pharmaceutical, carbocine, kingsgrove laboratories pty ltd sydney, these carbocine tablets are used for travel sickness. the packaging includes the following text -, "this tube contains twelve carbocine tablets, each containing, 2.0000 grs carbromal, 0.0046 gr hyoscine hydrobromide, 1.0000gr caffeine. -
Melbourne Legacy
Functional object - Ephemera, Flask and ID Badge
A group of items including an identification tag on a leather wrist strap, flask and boot hook. Also a circular ID tag possibly made to be worn around the neck. Also a Ypres souvenir that seems incomplete. These were with other World War 1 memorabilia that has come from Private John Basil McLean, 2nd Reinforcements, 37th Battalion, A.I.F. Possibly these were with him during his time in the First World War and he kept them as a mementos. J.B. McLean (Service No. 13824) was from near Maffra, Victoria and enlisted on 22 January 1916. He embarked on 16 December 1916 for Europe. He spent time with the Australian Field Artillery (Pack Section). At the end of the war he worked for a year at the A.I.F. Headquarters in London before returning to Australia on the 'Ceramic', arriving in Portsea in 1920. His full war record is available from the National Archives of Australia (B2455, MCLEAN JBM).Mementos brought back with a soldier after serving in Europe in World War One.A metal flask, an identification tag, a boot hook, a circular identification tag, a souvenir from Ypres all from the collection of JB McLean.01126.1 Flask has monogram 'JBMCL' engraved on it. 01126.2 Identification tag has 'No. 13824 JB M McLean, ASC, AIF, RC' engraved on it. 01126.3 The boot hook has 'BAILLEUL' engraved on it. 00126.4 The circular tag with a central star has 'PTE J B M McLean A Coy 37 Bat' pressed into the metal. 00126.5 A metal tube with the letters 'Ypres' adhered to the outside. world war one, souvenir -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Kerosene Lamp
Lamp made from metal/tin. Cylinder base to store the kerosene, with pump attachment to pump kerosene up to the lamp area. The lamp is attached to the base via a metal tube. the lamp is cylindrical with clear plastic lenses. On top of the lamp is a perforated metal cylinder for venting the fumes. on top of that is a metal circle for hanging the lamp. This is also a long screw which can be undone to access the lamp area. The whole lantern has a thick metal wire loop handle.lamp, lantern, kerosene, light -
Parks Victoria - Gabo Island Lightstation
Cork fragments
From accompanying interpretive sign,"Early life jackets and life- rings were made using cork for bouyancy. A poignant reminder of the risks facing seafarers". Triangular and rectangular pieces of cork are from old life jackets. Curved piece with canvas remnant and white paint is a section of an old life ring. The piece with hole and split is a float off a fishing net. As cork is also used to provide buoyancy to fishing nets, further information on these fragments, such as their degree of rarity, and the historic use of cork for buoyancy in relation to lightstations and rescue equipment would be helpful. They will have second level contributory significance if it can be established that they are historically associated with the functions of the lightstation. 1. Triangular shaped piece of cork, has holes and cracks. 2. Rectangular shaped piece of cork, has large holes through piece. Remains of white textile covering on two sides (long sides). Piece is slightly convex. 3. Rectangular pieceof cork. Corners are rounded . Rough pitted surface. 4. Tube shaped section of cork. Has hole through middle with split in one side extending to hole. Around outside there are even lines extending horizontally. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Anti Gas Respirator, 12AUG38
Respirator, Anti-Gas, General Civilian, Type C1:Civilian, British. Respirator thin black rubber mask, made of a single piece folded around into a tapering tube with the join sealed by a brown cloth patch. Plain cardboard box for a respirator (also used as a carrier), inside the box is a card insert with a large hole cut in the centre, on the inside of the lid are instructions for packing a respirator (From Imperial War Museum website) The rubber has perished and the straps are no longer able to be attached to the headpiece. 12 8 38, POPPE LOT 2984 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NORTH DEBORAH GOLD MINING CO N. L. - NORTH DEBORAH FIREWOOD COSTS
Handwritten list of tons of wood, cost per ton, total cost and the date. (1940 - 1942). Other costs for the repair and purchase of new water tubes and the dates (1940 - 1943). On the reverse is a list of wages from North Deborah August 1953, Basic Wage increase of 3/- per Week. Lists all the different workers and the amount they receive per week and per shift for 40 hours. Basic Wage 11 pound 12 shillings per Week.document, gold, north deborah gold mining co n. l., north deborah gold mining co n. l., north deborah firewood costs, wages at august 1953 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO BUTTER FACTORY PHOTOGRAPH
Black & white photograph 20cm x 25cm of the Bendigo Butter Factory in Mundy St., mounted on cardboard. It appears to have been part of a display, with explanatory notes attached to each photograph. See 11011.24. On the reverse of one photograph is the date 1950-1955, in another is a calendar with March 1957. Also on the board is a blue registration stamp with the words 'Pure creamery, Australia, Victoria regd'. This photograph in the series is of a worker checking samples in a test tube. He is named on the reverse as Stan Gillam.bendigo, industry, bendigo butter factory, bendigo butter factory. gillam -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Harris Collection Kerosene Pump
Jonathan Harris operated a winery on the banks of the Axe Creek, Axedale in the 1850s. A metal pipe three centimetres diameter, 50 centimetres long has a cap screwed to the top which has a one centimetre diameter 13 centimetre long curved tube coming from the side of it. From the top of it a half centimetre diameter metal rod in a triangle six centimetres by nine centimetres by six centimetres pulls out and would have an attachment on to draw out the liquid. There is an attachment that slides on the pipe and has a screw cap on it to screw the pump to a container. Part of the Harris Collection.harris collection, kerosene pump -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Equipment - Rations c. 1970's
These Items are from a display at Dandenong RSL and appear to be from the 1970's11 items issued as part of a soldier's ration pack: 1- Paper packet 50g Potato with onion Powder, AFFSE 002815 11x13.5cm 2- Paper packet Biscuits Cereal Arnott's Biscuits Pty Ltd 56g. 12x5cm 3- Paper packet Survival Biscuit Arnott-Brockhoff-Guest 42 g 12x5cm 4- Paper packet Biscuits Shortbread Arnott-Brockhoff-Guest 85g. 14x7cm 5- Butter Concentrate for hot climates. 6oz. 75mm in diameter x 50mm high. 6- Plum Jam in metal tube (cap missing). 1oz. Tongala Milk Products Pty. Ltd. VIC Australia 7- Plum Jam in metal tube with black plastic cap. 1oz. Tongala Mild Products Pty. Ltd. VIC Australia 8- Chocolate Ration. 50g Pkd.065 Australian Army. Cadbury Confectionary Claremont. Tasmania 9- Scouring Pad. Redi Brite Industries Pty. Ltd. QLD. Australia. Pkd 5/85 10- Sugar. In a strip of four sachets. 11- Can openerration pack, survival biscuits, sugar sachet -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Coolidge X-ray Tube
The investigation of the x-ray appears early on to have been a priority research topic at the University of Melbourne’s School of Physics. This interest was sparked by the appointment in 1889 of Professor T.R. Lyle. Lyle, who was head of the school until 1915, is thought to have been the first person in Australia to have taken an x-ray photograph. A copy of this photograph can be found in the School of Physics Archive. For this particular experiment Lyle actually made his own x-ray tube. His successor, Professor Laby, continued to work with x-rays. During the 1920s Laby worked on the x-ray spectra of atoms and in 1930 he co-published with Dr. C.E. Eddy, Quantitative Analysis by X-Ray Spectroscopy. Also with Eddy, Laby produced the landmark paper Sensitivity of Atomic Analysis by X-rays. Laby went on to have an x-ray spectrograph of his own design manufactured by Adam Hilger Ltd. (see cat. No. 38). School of Physics, the University of Melbourne Cat. No. 22. Jacqueline Eager Student Projects Placement, Cultural Collections 2005 In 1913 Coolidge overcame the limitation of the narrow operating range of the gas X-ray tubes with the invention of the vacuum X-ray tube. A filament heated by an electric current directly releases electrons by thermionic emission. In thermionic emission, electrons are emitted from a metal surface directly by the application of an electric current to heat a wire filament. The electrons accelerate to the anode and produce X-rays. The anode has associated cooling fins due to the high temperatures attained by the release of kinetic energy by the electrons on colliding with the anode. Internal Glass sleeve: “A941/L2593/2821” -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Probang
Until suction became available in the 1930s, maintenance of a clear airway during oral and nasal surgery relied on posturing of the patient, mopping with sponges or the temporary placement of swabs or throat guards. Removal of surgical debris such as polyps, blood clots or foreign bodies could only be effected by the finger or devices such as probangs. The Probang is inserted blind (perhaps guided by a finger), the main shaft can then be held in the left hand whilst the right hand withdraws the inner tube. This results in a fanning out of the linear strands which are visible proximal to the tip. Held in this position the instrument is withdrawn and is supposed to scoop out the offending mass. Long flexible metal rod covered in gum resin sheath with a ring grip at the proximal end and a smooth metal rounded edge tip for insertion into the airway for clearing of obstructive matter.Stamped onto gum resin sheath: MADE FOR / CARL ZOELLER BRISBANE / GERMANY Stamped onto gum resin sheath in gold leaf: [indecipherable - presumably manufacturer's label]probang, flexible, oral, airway, horsehair, anaesthesia, obstruction, dr sharkey, lidcombe state hospital -
Federation University Historical Collection
Artwork, other - Artwork - Decals, ZILLES COLLECTION: Car Dash Decals for Darryl James Rowe; Qualified Instrument Repairs, 1984-1986
Zilles Printers was begun by Lewis Zilles in the early 1930s. It was in McKenzie Street Ballarat. His son Jeffrey also became a printer - letterpress, offset and screen printer. The business became Zilles Printers/Graphics and was in Armstrong Street and later Bell Street Ballarat. Darryl James Rowe was a qualified instrument repairer. He specialized in Vintage car instruments on dash boards. These would include speedometers, car clocks, ammeters, oil gauges, ignition switches, temperature gauges, glass tube fuel gauges and dials repaired. He was located in Vickers Street Sebastopol. Documents relate to the years 1984 to 1986.Decal designs various sizes for car dash boards. Ledger showing orders from 1984Car makers, guages zilles printers, darryl james rowe, instrument repairer, ballarat, vintage cars, dash boards, decals, speedometers, car clocks, ammeters, oil gauges, ignition switches, temperature gauges, fuel gauges -
National Wool Museum
Machine - Knitting Machine, Sock
Knitted fabric is made with a single yarn or sets of yarns moving in only one direction. Whether done by hand or by machine, the process is the same. The knitting needle loops the yarn through itself to make a chain of stitches. These chains, or rows, are connected to produce the knitted cloth. There are two types of commercial knitting machine. A flat-bed has its needles, one for each loop, arranged in a straight line to produce a flat fabric. A circular machine has its needles arranged on a rotating circle. The cloth forms as a tube which can be made into seamless clothing. Personal history of Edna Harris who used the machine.knitting machine, industry, design, socks, clothing, wool