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Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Ephemera, Institute of Land and Food Resoures
Card and message holder for office useEquipment -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment, c1915
Leitz Wetzlar Stativ IIB Microscope, no. 166295. This Microscope would have been used in the School's teaching laboratories, possibly from its manufacture around 1915.EquipmentE. Leitz Wetzlar No.166295 -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment, 1920s
Surveyors compass in wooden box used up until the 1940s. The box trimmings date to the 1920s.Equipment -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment
Set of tweezers, scalpels and scissors in a brown pouch. Tag: The University of Melbourne, Margaret Ayre ph: 754 2159Equipment -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment
Epidiascope - body and lenseEquipment -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment
Epidiascope - glass baseEquipment -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment, Troughton and Simms of London, nd
The Theodolite is in its original case for field work.Equipment -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment, nd
This is an electric centrifuge, Asset no: 22BEquipment -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment - Delft scanning stereoscope
Green metal stereoscope in fitted wooden boxEquipmentold delft scanning stereoscope. Patent 542732 -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment
Stand with movable arm and magnifying mirror in wooden caseEquipmentass.no.71J. 55 Melb.Uni.bot.Dept. -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment
PyranometerEquipment -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment
Slide projector. Vertical 2 slide cartridge. Khaki metal frameEquipmentWaterworth. -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment
Stereoscope.Dark green metal in purpose designed green painted timber case marked no.439 with 2 metal catches and metal handle.EquipmentStereoscope, Universal. DC-1940 Serial no.439 -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
equipment, 1954
Card sorting key for Eucalypts. Series of punched cards with needle and instruction manual in white painted timber hinged box. Cards with a print of the species fruit pasted to rear. Plant characteristics on face.Equipment -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment
Caliper style measuring instrument. Measurements in cm along length. Fixed and moveable bars (red)Equipment -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
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slide projector. Grey metal frame. 2 slide frame cartridgeEquipmentNoris Triumph Halogen -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Raking grass in a good year 1961, c.1961
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show farming equipment in use on the island.Black and white photograph of a man with a piece of farming equipment hitched behind horses. Hand written note with the photo reads 'Raking grass in a good year. 1961'. Probably a reprint of an original.Catalogue number in pencil on reverse.churchill island, farming equipment -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Instrument - Sextant, Late 20th Century
In 1941, the scientific instrument manufacturing firms of Henry Hughes & Son Ltd, London, England, and Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, came together to form Kelvin & Hughes Ltd. Kelvin Company History: The origins of the company lie in the highly successful and strictly informal relationship between William Thomson (1824-1907), Professor of Natural Philosophy at Glasgow University from 1846-1899 and James White, a Glasgow optical maker. James White (1824-1884) founded the firm of James White, an optical instrument maker in Glasgow in 1850 and was involved in supplying and mending apparatus for Thomson university laboratory and working with him on experimental constructions. White was declared bankrupt in August 1861 and released several months later. In 1870, White was largely responsible for equipping William Thomson laboratory in the new University premises at Gilmore hill. From 1876, he was producing accurate compasses for metal ships to Thomson design during this period and this became an important part of his business in the last years of his life. He was also involved in the production of sophisticated-sounding machinery that Thomson had designed to address problems encountered laying cables at sea, helping to make possible the first transatlantic cable connection. At the same time, he continued to make a whole range of more conventional instruments such as telescopes, microscopes and surveying equipment. White's association with Thomson continued until he died. After his death, his business continued under the same name, being administered by Matthew Edwards (until 1891 when he left to set up his own company. Thomson who became Sir William Thomson and then Baron Kelvin of Largs in 1892, continued to maintain his interest in the business after James White's death. In 1884 raising most of the capital needed to construct and equip new workshops in Cambridge Street, Glasgow. At these premises, the company continued to make the compass Thomson had designed during the 1870s and to supply it in some quantity, especially to the Admiralty. At the same time, the firm became increasingly involved in the design, production and sale of electrical apparatus. In 1899, Lord Kelvin resigned from his University chair and became, in 1900, a director in the newly formed limited liability company Kelvin & James White Ltd which had acquired the business of James White. At the same time Kelvin's nephew, James Thomson Bottomley (1845-1926), joined the firm. In 1904, a London branch office was opened which by 1915 had become known as Kelvin, White & Hutton Ltd. Kelvin & James White Ltd underwent a further change of name in 1913, becoming Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd. Hughes Company History: Henry Hughes & Sons were founded in 1838 in London as a maker of chronographic and scientific instruments. The firm was incorporated as “Henry Hughes & Sons Ltd” in 1903. In 1923, the company produced its first recording echo sounder and in 1935 a controlling interest in the company was acquired by S Smith & Son Ltd resulting in the development and production of marine and aircraft instruments. Following the London office's destruction in the Blitz of 1941, a collaboration was entered into with Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Ltd resulting in the establishing “Marine Instruments Ltd”. Following the formal amalgamation of Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Ltd and Henry Hughes & Sons Ltd in 1947 to form Kelvin & Hughes Ltd. Marine Instruments Ltd then acted as regional agents in the UK for Kelvin & Hughes Ltd who were essentially now a part of Smith's Industries Ltd founded in 1944 and the successors of S. Smith & Son Ltd. Kelvin & Hughes Ltd went on to develop various marine radar and echo sounders supplying the Ministry of Transport, and later the Ministry of Defence. The firm was liquidated in 1966 but the name was continued as Kelvin Hughes, a division of the Smiths Group. In 2002, Kelvin Hughes continues to produce and develop marine instruments for commercial and military. G. Falconer Company History: G Falconer (Hong Kong Ltd) appear to have had a retail presence in Hong Kong since 1885, according to the company website, and currently have a shop in the Peninsula Hotel. G Falconer was the Hong Kong selling agent for several British companies. Ross Ltd of 111 New Bond St London was one and the other was Kelvins Nautical Instruments. Falconers were primarily watchmakers, jewellers and diamond merchants.They were also agents for Admiralty Charts, Ross binoculars and telescopes, and sold English Silverware and High Class English Jewellery. In 1928 the company was operating from the Union Building opposite the Hong Kong general post office. It is unclear if the item is an original Sextant made by Kelvin prior to his amalgamation with Henry Hughes & Sons in 1941 as Kelvin appears to have only made compasses up to this date. If the Sextant can be established that it was made by Kelvin then it is very significant and a rare item made for and distributed through their Hong Kong selling agents G Falconer Ltd. There are many Sextants advertised for sale stating "Kelvin & Hughes 1917 model sextant". These can be regarded as replicas as the company was not formed until 1941 and production of marine instruments was not fully under way until after the war in 1947. Further investigation needs to be undertaken to accurately determine the provenance of this item. As the writer currently has the impression that the subject object was possibly made by Kelvin and Hughes in the mid to late 20th century or is a replica made by an unknown maker in the late 1970s. Purchased as an exhibition of marine navigational instruments for the Flagstaff Hill museum. The Sextant is a brass apparatus with filters and telescope lens, and comes with a wooden felt lined storage box. It is a doubly reflecting navigation instrument that measures the angular distance between two visible objects. The primary use of a sextant is to measure the angle between an astronomical object and the horizon for the purposes of celestial navigation.G Falconer and Co. Hong Kong (retailers of nautical equipmentflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, sextant, kelvin & hughes ltd, hong kong, navigational instrument, g falconer, mariner's quadrants -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Ephemera - Brochure J. Molony Ski Shop, 1964
Established in 1854 in King Street Melbourne by James Molony, the family owned business of J. Molony initially specialised in shoemaking. Several members of the family were recognised ice hockey and figure skaters who have represented Australia in international winter events including the 1952 Olympic Games in Oslo, Norway and the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics. Molony’s in Elizabeth Street expanded their business with a focus on ski equipment, opening new premises in Falls Creek in 1960 This brochure advertises their available lines for 1964.A 1964 Brochure for J Molony Ski Shop. The brochure is printed in colour and the front bears a caricature of a skier with equipment On front cover: j. molony SKI SHOP 1964 / Established for 110 yearsj molony, molony ski shop, skiing, falls creek, ski fashion, winter, snow, snow fashion, 1964 falls creek -
Orbost & District Historical Society
sprockets and ring gear, 1941
Ron Peck machined the driving sprockets for Bren Gun Carriers which were sent to North Africa. The Rats of Tobruk, the Egypt and Rommell campaign used these munitions. He boarded at Orbost House while doing 12 hour day shifts.During WW11 munitions and defence equipment were manufactured by state government and private engineering firms, co-ordinated by the Commonwealth government. They worked together to meet Australia’s defence needs and create ‘mass production, on a nation-wide scale, of materials and articles of a higher degree of complexity and accuracy than had before been attempted in Australia. These sprockets were manufactured locally.Two metal sprockets for a Bren Gun carrier. One metal ring gear.munitions sprockets bren-gun-carrier peck-james-ronald orbost-motor-works -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Photograph, Photographic & Copying Section AEME, Beach Recovery Vehicle
A photograph of a beach recovery vehicle that has Grant/Sherman type running gearphoto, recovery vehicle -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Clothing, T-Shirt
Grey marle t-shirt of soldiers in combat gear stretchering an injured soldier.vietnam protest t-shirt, t-shirt -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, Original 1942, copy 1989
WW2 internment camp, Tatura, Nursing staff.Sister Patterson in tropical gear, standing in garden near mess hut. 1944.a.a.n.s., sister patterson, camp hospitals, internment camps -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photos - Horse team working on farm x3
Horses were coupled together to form a team to pull farm machinery to work on farms. Later, petrol and kerosene equipment was used and then diesel. The Kiewa Valley consisted of farming families before the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme was constructed in the late 1940's at the upper end of the valley. Three large black & white photos of a horse team pulling farm equipment. 1. Mouldboard plough 2. header 3. thresher or chaff cutter. 1.& 2. are working on the farm 3. is pulling the machinery to a nearby farm. No labelsfarm equipment. horse teams. farming. crops. -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Webbing
Equipment Strapequipment, ww2, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Equipment Strap
Equipment strapequipment, ww2+, army -
Arapiles Historical Society
Calipers
Farm Equipment,calipers, caliper, measure -
Arapiles Historical Society
Bullock Bell
Farm Equipmentbullock, cowbell, bell -
Arapiles Historical Society
Blow Torch
Farm Equipmentblow torch, torch -
Arapiles Historical Society
Metal Stirrup
Horse equipment,stirrup, saddle, horse, horses, horseriding