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Federation University Historical Collection
Book, F P Treadwell, Analytical chemistry: Volume II, Quantitative analysis, 1910
Brown hardcover book, 787 pagesnon-fictionf p treadwell, professor of analytical chemistry, zurich, william hall, translator, chemistry, quantitative analysis, munitions supply branch library -
National Wool Museum
Book, Introductory Chemistry
"Introductory Chemistry, including a course of practical exercises to be performed by the pupil" - R.A. Gregory & A.T. Simmons, Macmillan & Co. Ltd, London, 1914.wool - chemistry -
National Wool Museum
Book, Chemistry for Textile Students
"Chemistry for Textile Students: a Manual Suitable for Technical Students in the Textile and Dyeing Industries" - Barker North & Norman Bland, 1920 (part of the Cambridge Technical Series).wool - chemistry textile testing textile industry, dyeing, wool - chemistry, textile testing, textile industry -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White, Ballarat School of Mines Metallurgy Laboratory Bench with a large Reichert Stage Microscope, c1950s, 1950s
The Reichert microscope is catalogue number 4106.Black and White photograph of a Ballarat School of Mines Metallurgy Laboratory Bench with a large Reichert Stage Microscope. Also in view on the right side is the electro-polishing apparatus, and on the left side is the Reichert MeF1 stage microscope, which as still in use in 2001.microscope, reichert microscope, metallurgy laboratory, electro-polishing apparatus, ballarat school of mines -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Richard Morcom, Exercise Book Chemistry Essaying Schoolwork, 1895-1899
These books belonged to Goldsworthy R.M. Stawell when a student of School of mines. 1 book contains information Re Chemistry, Assaying etc. Other book contains working hours - Not at Stawell - Notes taken from food in health and Disease by Burney J 1890Exercise book - contains school work.Richard Morcom Goldsworthy School of Mines Skene Street Stawellstawell education -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Plaque for the Federation University Aquatics Laboratory on Mount Helen Campus, 1995
Photograph of a metal plaque at the swimming pool on Mount Helen campusAquatics Laboratory was opened by The Hon. Simon Crean, MP Minister for Employment, Educatoin & Training on Monday 18 December, 1995 Professor Geoffrey Blainey Chancellor Professor David James Vice-Chancellor University of Ballaratmt helen campus, buildings, swimming pool, aquatics laboratory, simon crean -
National Wool Museum
Booklet, Souvenir: Trangie Agricultural Experiment Station
"Souvenir: Trangie Agricultural Experiment Station; Official Opening of the Wool Research Laboratory and Stock Field Day, March 15, 1950".Souvenir booklet produced for the opening of the wool research laboratory and stock field day at Trangie Agricultural Experiment Station in NSW, 15 March 1950. Back cover of the souvenir booklet produced for the opening of the wool research laboratory and stock field day at Trangie Agricultural Experiment Station in NSW, 15 March 1950.SOUVENIR / TRANGIE / AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION / OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE / WOOL . RESEARCH . LABORATORY . & . STOCK . FIELD . DAY - MARCH 15TH. / 1950nsw; department of agriculture, trangie agricultural research station, nsw -
Federation University Historical Collection
Object, Rubber Tube
Rubber tube used to carry gas in a chemistry laboratory.chemistry, rubber tube, laboratory -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Plan, VCAH Burnley Proposed Plant Laboratory, 1989
This must have been put out for tender - no information on which was used1. Site Plan Floor Plan Job No. 89038. Drawing No. SKA001 by Godfrey and Spowers Australia Pty. Ltd. Scale 1:100, 1:200 X 4. 2. Proposed Laboratories & Offices at Swan Street, Richmond for VCAH-Burnley. College of Horticulture: Floor Plan, Section A-A, Elevation 1, 2, 3 and $. Sheet No. 8952 WD2 by Fooks Martin Sandow Pty Ltd. Scale 1:100vcah, burnley, laboratory, fooks martin sandow p/l, godfrey and spowers australia p/l -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photographs - black and white, F.W. Niven, Presentation to Daniel Walker of the Ballarat School of Mines, c1899
Daniel Walker taught Chemistry at the Ballarat School of Mines. Presented to D. Walker B.Sc, F.C.S., A.k.C.L. Lond. Demonstrator Lecturer Chemistry Ballarat School of Mines As a Token of Respect By the students of the Chemical Laboratory william lakeland, lakeland, daniel walker, ballarat school of mines -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, LEWES, Vivian B. et al, Service chemistry : being a short manual of chemistry and metallurgy and their application in the naval and military services, 1913
Labelled 'Himmer Bequest', 'Cowes Public Library'. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Black and White, William Callister
William Callister, father of Cyril Callister and Reginald Callister is depicted in a chemistry laboratory. It is thought the laboratory is at the Ballarat School of Mines. william callister, chemistry, laboratory, ballarat school of mines -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Annual Report, Berry, Anderson & Co, Ballarat School of Mines Calendar Year 1901-02 with Annual Report and Balance Sheet for 1900, 1901
Calendar and Annual Report 1901-02, Associateship and Final Certificates, Calendar for 1902, Certificates issued during 1900 in Metallurgy of Gold and Ore Dressing, Discipline, Discipline Board, Fees, Full Certificates Issued, General Regulations, Honorary Correspondents, Meteorological Observations, Office Bearers, Passes Obtained since 1892 in Final Examinations, President's Annual Report, Professors and Lecturers, Results of Examinations Conducted by Education Department 1900, Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for Year 1900, Statistics - Students Attending Lectures, Subscriptions and Donations, Subjects Included in Regulations Technical Schools, Subjects of Instruction - Department of Chemistry and Metallurgy, Geological Department, Engineering Department, Electrical Department, Department of Mathematics and Physics, Practical, Plane and Solid Geometry, Photography, Time Table 1) 05225.1 Ballarat School of Mines Calendar for the Year 1901-02 with Annual Report and Balance Sheet for 1900, Pale grey soft cover, 93 Pages 2) 05225.2 Ballarat School of Mines Calendar for the Year 1901-02 with Annual Report and Balance Sheet for 1900, Pale grey soft cover, 93 Pages Images include: Senior Members of Staff, Interior of Museum, Balance Rooms, Engineering Lecture Room, Part of Cyanide Plant, Senior Chemistry Laboratory, Chemistry Lecture Room, Assay Laboratory, Junior Chemistry Laboratoryannual report 1901-02, andrew anderson - president, r. denham pinnock - vice president, hon. r.t. vale - vice president, the hon. john warrington rogers - trustee, the right reverend samuel thornton bishop of ballarat - trustee, james millhinch bickett - trustee, james oddie - trustee, the hon. henry cuthbert - honorary solicitor, r. g. middleton - honorary treasurer, thomas s. hart - curator of museum, chas. kent - auditor, fred j. martell - director, professor alfred mica smith, daniel walker, hubert r. murphy, charles a. deane, percy r. osborne, arthur garrad, thomas evans, douglas a. runting, ernest trend, thomas s. hart, g. stephen hart, professor g. j. dawbarn, a. e. c. kerr, herbert krause, henry j. hall, john m. sutherland, kerr grant, j. f. usher, chas, e. campbell, charles kent - auditor, chemistry laboratory, assay laboratory, electricity lecture room, charles kent, cyanide plant, judge warrington rogers, john warrington rogers, samuel thornton, james bickett, thomas hart, t.s. hart, henry hall, charles campbell, j.m. sutherland -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Plan - Photocopy, Plan - Additions to Plant Research Laboratory (1) , Extension to Plant Research Laboratory for the Department of Agriculture, Burnley Gardens (2 & 3), 1953
University of Melbourne Property and Services has better copies Photocopies, reduced in size, of original plans. Signed by Dept of Public Works, Chief Architect. (1) and (2) dated 14.08.1953 (1) UCB.2.123 North Elevation, Perspective Sketch, Plan. (2) UCB.2.142₃ Floor plan. (3) UCB.2.157.0, dated 26.11.53, South Elevation Front (North) Elevation, West Elevation, Plan, Sections ₂. University of Melbourne - Property and Services has a better copy.plant research, laboratories -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Audio - Gramophone Cylinder, Sandy McNab, 1908
Edison Records was one of the early record labels that pioneered sound recording and reproduction, and was an important player in the early recording industry. The first phonograph cylinders were manufactured in 1888, followed by Edison's foundation of the Edison Phonograph Company in the same year. The recorded wax cylinders, later replaced by Blue Amberol cylinders, and vertical-cut Diamond Discs, were manufactured by Edison's National Phonograph Company from 1896 on, reorganized as Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in 1911. Until 1910 the recordings did not carry the names of the artists. The company began to lag behind its rivals in the 1920s, both technically and in the popularity of its artists, and halted production of recordings in 1929. Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph, the first device for recording and playing back sound, in 1877. After patenting the invention and benefiting from the publicity and acclaim it received, Edison and his laboratory turned their attention to the commercial development of electric lighting, playing no further role in the development of the phonograph for nearly a decade. Start of the Recording Industry: In 1887, Edison turned his attention back to improving the phonograph and the phonograph cylinder. The following year, the Edison company introduced the ”Perfected Phonograph”. Edison introduced wax cylinders approximately 4+1⁄4 inches (11 cm) long and 2+1⁄4 inches (5.7 cm) in external diameter, which became the industry standard. They had a maximum playing time of about 3 minutes at 120 RPM, but around the turn of the century the standard speed was increased to (first 144) and then 160 RPM to improve clarity and volume, reducing the maximum to about 2 minutes and 15 seconds. Several experimental wax cylinder recordings of music and speech made in 1888 still exist. The wax entertainment cylinder made its commercial debut in 1889 at first, the only customers were entrepreneurs who installed nickel-in-the-slot phonographs in amusement arcades, saloons and other public places. At that time, a phonograph cost the equivalent of several months' wages for the average worker and was driven by an electric motor powered by hazardous, high-maintenance wet cell batteries. After more affordable spring-motor-driven phonographs designed for home use were introduced in 1895, the industry of producing recorded entertainment cylinders for sale to the general public began in earnest. Blank records were an important part of the business early on. Most phonographs had or could be fitted with attachments for the users to make their own recordings. One important early use, in line with the original term for a phonograph as a "talking machine", was in business for recording dictation. Attachments were added to facilitate starting, stopping, and skipping back the recording for dictation and playback by stenographers. The business phonograph eventually evolved into a separate device from the home entertainment phonograph. Edison's brand of business phonograph was called the Ediphone. The collection of three phonograph cylinders are an example of early recorded music use for domestic entertainment. They are significant as they represent the beginnings of the modern recording industry.Cardboard tube-shaped gramophone cylinder box with lid. The printed label on the outside of the box advertises the maker and patent details. The Catalogue Number and Title are either printed or hand written on the cylinder’s lid. This cylinder was made by Edison 1908 and contains Record number 53 by Sandy McNab. c. 1908On label “Edison Record No. 53, Sandy McNab" and "Form no. 1130, April 1908. Patented December 6 1904, No. 2109, and December 6 1904 No. 2110. “This record is sold by the National Phonograph Company of Australia Ltd, at Sydney Australia.” Trade Mark Thomas A. Edison warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, gramophone record, gramophone cylinder, edison cylinder, edison record, home entertainment, music recording, edison laboratory orange nj, usa, national phonograph company of australia ltd sydney, thomas a. edison -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Audio - Gramophone Cylinder, National Phonograph Co, Poor old England, 1908
Edison Records was one of the early record labels that pioneered sound recording and reproduction, and was an important player in the early recording industry. The first phonograph cylinders were manufactured in 1888, followed by Edison's foundation of the Edison Phonograph Company in the same year. The recorded wax cylinders, later replaced by Blue Amberol cylinders, and vertical-cut Diamond Discs, were manufactured by Edison's National Phonograph Company from 1896 on, reorganized as Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in 1911. Until 1910 the recordings did not carry the names of the artists. The company began to lag behind its rivals in the 1920s, both technically and in the popularity of its artists, and halted production of recordings in 1929. Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph, the first device for recording and playing back sound, in 1877. After patenting the invention and benefiting from the publicity and acclaim it received, Edison and his laboratory turned their attention to the commercial development of electric lighting, playing no further role in the development of the phonograph for nearly a decade. Start of the Recording Industry: In 1887, Edison turned his attention back to improving the phonograph and the phonograph cylinder. The following year, the Edison company introduced the ”Perfected Phonograph”. Edison introduced wax cylinders approximately 4+1⁄4 inches (11 cm) long and 2+1⁄4 inches (5.7 cm) in external diameter, which became the industry standard. They had a maximum playing time of about 3 minutes at 120 RPM, but around the turn of the century the standard speed was increased to (first 144) and then 160 RPM to improve clarity and volume, reducing the maximum to about 2 minutes and 15 seconds. Several experimental wax cylinder recordings of music and speech made in 1888 still exist. The wax entertainment cylinder made its commercial debut in 1889 at first, the only customers were entrepreneurs who installed nickel-in-the-slot phonographs in amusement arcades, saloons and other public places. At that time, a phonograph cost the equivalent of several months' wages for the average worker and was driven by an electric motor powered by hazardous, high-maintenance wet cell batteries. After more affordable spring-motor-driven phonographs designed for home use were introduced in 1895, the industry of producing recorded entertainment cylinders for sale to the general public began in earnest. Blank records were an important part of the business early on. Most phonographs had or could be fitted with attachments for the users to make their own recordings. One important early use, in line with the original term for a phonograph as a "talking machine", was in business for recording dictation. Attachments were added to facilitate starting, stopping, and skipping back the recording for dictation and playback by stenographers. The business phonograph eventually evolved into a separate device from the home entertainment phonograph. Edison's brand of business phonograph was called the Ediphone. The collection of three phonograph cylinders are an example of early recorded music use for domestic entertainment. They are significant as they represent the beginnings of the modern recording industry.Cardboard tube-shaped gramophone cylinder box with lid. The printed label on the outside of the box advertises the maker and patent details. The Catalogue Number and Title are either printed or hand written on the cylinder’s lid. This cylinder contained Record no. 13619, the recording “Poor old England” published by Castling and Godfrey, sung by Billy Williams. Made by National Phonograph Company USA. C.1907On lid “Edison Record” and “This record should turn at 160 revolutions per minute, no faster” Written on lid in blue pen “Trumpet”, “EDISON AMBEROL RECORD / FOUR MINUTE”warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, gramophone record, gramophone cylinder, edison cylinder, edison record, home entertainment, music recording, edison laboratory orange nj, usa, national phonograph company of australia ltd sydney, thomas a. edison -
St Patrick's Old Collegians Association (SPOCA)
Photograph - History, SPJC, General
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Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, NAVIGATION, Radiator Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Elements of LORAN, Report 499, 1944
LORAN is a radio navigation system.Marked Confidential. Khaki coloured soft cover book with black print. Illustrated with drawings, charts, mathematics, 45 pages.Some random numbers written on front top right.books reference/military/manuals, naviggation, radio -
Friends of the Cerberus Inc
Mk II Common Shell, 21/July/1896
10 inch, Mk II, Steel Common ShellOn side - "21/D 7 C/96" On Base - "[1]0 IN II/[C] s/R.L.shell, common, common shell, mk ii, ammunition -
Friends of the Cerberus Inc
Mk I Common Shell, June 1885
As iron was not as strong as steel, iron shells were shorter and did not hold as much gunpowder as steel shells.This Mk I iron common shell is the only know Mk I shell from the armoury of HMVS Cerberus.Cylindrical Iron shell with pointed nose.Base - "[1]0 IN/RL/8" On side - "6/85" "I/R^L" -
Orbost & District Historical Society
cuticle cream, mid 20th century
This item belonged to Marjorie Burton. Marjorie Burton ( nee Whiteman), born 12 June, in Birmingham, England came to Orbost in 1995. In England she did office work – typing, shorthand and secretarial work - in accountants’ offices and also trained as a comptometrist with Burroughs in London. She came from a middle-class, working, church-going family. Her mother was a milliner who made many of Marjorie’s clothes, hats and outfits. Marjorie was married in 1938 to a salesman who later became a mechanic in the R.A.F This item is an example of a nail care product commonly used by women in the mid 20th century.A round, white ceramic glass container containing cream. It has a tin screw top lid which is red and black with cream, and black print. Underneath the brand name is a a picture of two hands with long fingers. the base is recessed with instructions and details on a paper label.Longlex Cuticle Cream for brittle nailsburton-marjorie cuticle-cream handcare manicure -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Audio - Phonograph, Thomas A. Edison, Edison Laboratory, c.1909
The Edison Fireside Phonograph Combination Type A model phonograph was an open horn model. This machine was produced around 1909, just after the introduction of 4-minute record cylinders in 1908.; the selection lever on the front was either 4 or 2-minute choice. This Fireside model has a fluted octagonal horn that attaches to the reproducer on the machine and is suspended by on ring by a horn crane attachment. The phonograph machine is powered purely by mechanical means, winding the crank handle on the side of the machine to start the belt-driven, spring-loaded motor inside. The sound comes from a pre-recorded, vertical cut record cylinder, which slides over the Mandle, a smooth rotating drum. The reproducer, an all-in-one needle, amplifier and speaker, is lowered onto the cylinder, the needle picks up the sound and plays it on the speaker and the attached horn amplifies the sound. The phonograph machine was invented by Thomas Alva Edison in the late 19th century. Edison adopted the idea from the technology of the telegraph machine. He patented the phonograph in early 1878. It was able to record sound and play it back. This amazing invention opened up a whole new world of entertainment, where wax cylinders of pre-recorded sound could be purchased with a wide variety of music and played over and over. The first wax cylinders were white and used a combination of bees' wax and animal fax or tallow. By 1892 Edison was using 'brown wax' cylinders that ranged from cream through to dark brown. The Edison Phonograph Company was formed in 1887 to produce these machines. He sold the company in 1855 to the North American Phonograph Company but bought that company in 1890. He then started the Edison Spring Motor factory in 1895, and the National Phonograph Company in 1896. In 1910 the company became Thomas A. Edison Inc. In 1898 Edison produced the Edison Standard Phonograph, the first phonograph to carry his own trade mark. He began mass producing duplicate copies of his wax cylinders in 1901 using moulds instead of engraving the cylinders. The wax was black and harder than the brown wax. The ends of the cylinders were bevelled so that the title's label could be added. The last phonograph machine to use an external open horn was produced in 1912 due to the much more robust round records being invented. In 1913 Edison started producing the Edison Disc Phonograph. The company stopped trading in 1929.This Edison Fireside Phonograph model is significant for being one of the last models to have an external horn. It is also significant for its connection with the invention of the phonograph, which made music and sound available for domestic enjoyment. It was used for entertainment and education, even teaching languages. It signalled a new era of music that could be reproduced and played anywhere. It is also significant for its short time span of popularity, just a few decades, due to the growing use of records, which gave a much higher quality sound and were more robust.Phonograph; Edison Fireside Phonograph, Combination Type, Model A. It is in a wooden case with a domed lid, metal catches on each side and a folding wooden handle. It has a metal drum and a reproducer mechanism. The metal and wood crank handle starts the machine’s motor. A sliding lever at the front selects the speed for four- or two-minute cylinders. The inscribed plate has the maker, serial number, patents and other information. The reproducer also has an inscription. It has a curved metal open horn attachment. Made in Orange, New Jersey in c.1909. NOTE: the fluted octagonal horn is catalogued separately.Case front, in script, Edison’s early ‘banner’ decal “Edison” On the front of the machine “Thomas A Edison TRADE MARK” On the maker’s plate; "Edison Fireside Phonograph Combination Type" Serial number “14718” Around sound outlet; “C 4076” “REPRODUCER LICENCED FOR USE ONLY ON EDISON PHOTOGRAPHS SOLD BYT.A. EDISON INC.” At the front edge “4 MINUTES 2flagstaff hill, maritime museum, maritime village, warrnambool, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, gramophone, phonograph, music player, entertainment, audio equipment, edison, thomas a edison, horn, phonograph horn, amplifier, audio, sound recording, sound playback, phonograph machine, phonograph cylinder, external horn, edison phonograph company, wax cylinders, sound reproduction, edison spring motor factory, national phonograph company, thomas a. edison inc, crank-operated motor, open horn phonograph, 4 speed, 2 speed -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Audio - Phonograph Horn, Thomas A. Edison, Edison Laboratory, c.1909
This external horn is part of an Edison Fireside Phonograph made in c.1909. The horn was attached to the machine when in use. The rings on the side of the horn allowed the horn to be suspended above the machine. The narrow opening on the horn was attached to the sound outlet on the machine and the conical shape of the horn amplified the sound. The horn was suspended to allow a clear sound. This was done by attaching the ring fitted to the outside of the horn to a chain or chord, which in turn was attached to a curved wire fitted to the phonograph machine. The phonograph machine was invented by Thomas Alva Edison in the late 19th century. Edison adapted the idea used when sending messages over a telegraph machine. He patented the phonograph in early 1878. The phonograph was able to record sound and play it back sound. This amazing invention opened up a whole new world of entertainments, where wax cylinders of pre-recorded sound could be purchased with a wide variety of music and played over and over. The first wax cylinders were white and used a combination of bees' wax and animal fax or tallow. By 1892 Edison was using 'brown wax' cylinders that ranged from cream through to dark brown. The Edison Phonograph Company was formed in 1887 to produce these machines. He sold the company in 1855 to the North American Phonograph Company but bought that company in 1890. He started the Edison Spring Motor factory in 1895 and then the National Phonograph Company in 1896. In 1910 the company became Thomas A. Edison Inc. In 1898 Edison produced the Edison Standard Phonograph, the first phonograph to carry his own trade mark. He began mass producing duplicate copies of his wax cylinders in 1901 using moulds instead of engraving the cylinders. The wax was black and harder than the brown wax. The ends of the cylinders were bevelled so that the title's label could be added. The last phonograph machine to use an external horn was produced in 1912 due to the much more robust records being invented. In 1913 Edison started producing the Edison Disc Phonograph. The company stopped trading in 1929. [NOTE: a phonograph machine plays cylinders, a gramophone plays records]This Edison external phonograph horn is significant for its connection to the c.1909 Edison Fireside phonograph model. The phonograph machine brought a new era of music into the homes of everyday people but was only popular for a few decades due to the growing popularity of records, which gave a much higher quality sound and were more robust.Phonograph horn; open horn, a conical shape with the lower part flaring out. The horn's shape on the opening half is octagonal, made from eight joined sheets of metal with a scalloped finish at the opening. The narrow end is hollow and ready to fit onto a phonograph outlet. There are two rings attached together on the side of the horn, perhaps for storing on a hook. The inner surface of the horn has remnants of deep red paint. This horn is from the Edison Fireside phonograph. (There is a mark on the outside of the horn where the Edison brand would be)flagstaff hill, maritime museum, maritime village, warrnambool, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, gramophone, phonograph, music player, entertainment, audio equipment, edison, thomas a edison, horn, phonograph horn, amplifier, audio, sound recording, sound playback, phonograph machine, external horn, edison phonograph company, wax cylinders, edison spring motor factory, national phonograph company, thomas a. edison inc, phonographic cylinder, sound reproduction -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Machine - Voice Recorder, Thomas A. Edison, Edison Laboratory, 1916-1929
This Edison Ediphone voice recording electronic business machine is manufactured to suit a small office and is light enough to carry between work and home for use outside normal business hours. It is a dictation machine, also called by the competitor’s brand name ‘Dictaphone’, and is used for recording spoken words that would later be transcribed and typewritten. A wax cylinder would be installed onto the machine’s drum and the Reproducer on the machine would be lowered onto the cylinder. The user would speak a message into a microphone and the reproducer would then convert the sounds to scribed marks on the cylinder. Later, the cylinder could be played and the Reproducer would enable the sound to be amplified through an attached speaker. This machine is currently without its power cord, microphone and speaker horn. Thomas A. Edison extended the technology of the telegraph to his phonograph machine, invented in the late 19th century. It could record and play back sounds of music and voice on a manually operated mechanical machine that used wax cylinders to store the sound. He envisaged the way this technology could be an asset in the office, and he was right! However, most of his phonograph machines were used for entertainment, some for playing lessons, and some for-teaching languages. In 1916 Edison introduced the Ediphone, which grew in popularity after the First World War and into the late 1920s until flat round records replaced the wax cylinders. This Edison Ediphone is significant for improving the way business administration was carried out in the early 20th century, freeing up precious time for professionals and administrative personnel. It was the forerunner of audio tapes and digital technology. The Ediphone enabled letters to be dictated when the time and place suited and reduced the time professionals needed to spend with their secretaries. Secretaries were able to type the letters as they played the recording and they could replay the message if necessary.Voice recorder; a dictation machine; desktop model Edison Ediphone. The electronic machine is in a medal case with remnants of the original grey colour. It has a rectangular base with an A4-sized footprint and a domed hood that retracts halfway into the back of the base. The corners of the base have metal reinforcing, and a short metal bar is on the front centre edge of the lid and the base. A long metal drum is mounted inside the machine. A round device called a ‘reproducer’ is mounted above the drum. There is a folding handle on the left front of the machine and an angled stand with paper guides in front of the drum. A rear cover has the maker’s name stamped on it. An electrical socket with eight pins is recessed beside the cover. Made by Edison.In white letters; “EDISON”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, edison, ediphone, dictating machine, office equipment, voice recorder, usa, dictation, communication, office machine, dictaphone, speaking phonograph, thomas edison, ediphone voicewriter, voice writer -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photographic plates, : AUSTRAL DRY PLATE, T. Baker & Co., Austral Laboratory, Glass photographic plates, c.1900
Glass photographic plates discovered by Mr. Jack Smith in the ceiling of the weatherboard cottage attached to Williams Bros. Store, cnr. Hogan & Thomson Streets, in 1973. Mr Smith had purchased the Cleckheaton Woolen Mills factory which had been built around the original Williams Store, c. 1960. Gifted to Tatura Museum in 1992 by Jack Smith, 55 Service Street Tatura, 3616. Frank Williams family & house, Tatura.|Baptist hymns.|Goulburn River.|Victorian coastal scenery. Glass photographic plates and prints consisting of:|Members of Francis Williams family.|Williams home, Hogan Street, Tatura.|Hymns from Glass photographic plates. (28 plates and 5 prints) - Photographic prints (3) Possibly members of Francis Williams family,| c. 1900 . Two of the same two men standing in the base of an aged, giant gum tree; one of gig and tied up horse.|PLATES :|Small girl in best frock on cane stool.|* Parents and small girl standing.|* Mr and Mrs Williams sen. standing in front of their home in Hogan Street near Presbyterian Church. Note: the picket fence.|* Wiiliams' daughters on picnic at Goulburn River. c. "Picnic at Hanging Rock" film era.|* Young lady seated on cane chair (High pleated collar and bib on frock)|* Two small sisters - one with elaborate black lace collar on her frock, the other seated on a cane chair, holding her doll. c.1900|* Gaunt aged gum tree with two men standing in V-shaped hole in base, Goulburn River.|* Horse tied to tree beside Goulburn River.|Note: All above items in box marked "Austral Dry Plates".|* 18 glass plates of hymns from Baptist hymn book.|Note: The Williams family were devout Baptists.|* Plate of rugged coastline ? Great Ocean Way Victoria?|* Plate of rock stacks - ? " London bridge and smaller bridge.|* (3) Prints of the two rock bridges in the ocean off shore.photography, photograph, slides, film -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photographic Glass Plates, : AUSTRAL DRY PLATE, T. Baker & Co., Austral Laboratory, Williams Family, 1900
Williams store was a department store near the corner of Hogan and Thomson Streets with a house attached. These glass plates were found in 1973 by Mr Jack Smith who owned the building then.33 glass negatives discovered in the ceiling of a Tatura historic home. Some family photos (F. Williams of Williams Store); some hymns with music and some coastal scenes.early photography, glass negatives, williams family -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Instrument - Sextant, The National Physical Laboratory, February 1915
Sextant, Bell Pattern Mark III No. M215 of 7 inches radius in timber boxA Le C Wright RN -
Federation University Historical Collection
Equipment, Glass funnell
Used at the Federation Univeristy SMB science laboratory Glass funnell used in science laboratorieslaboratory, scientific equipment, funnell -
Federation University Historical Collection
Equipment, long necked glass beaker ith stopper
Used at the Federation Univeristy SMB science laboratory Glass funnell used in science laboratorieslaboratory, scientific equipment, funnell -
Federation University Historical Collection
Equipment, Long necked flask
Used at the Federation Univeristy SMB science laboratoryTwo long necked flask used in a scientific laboratorylaboratory, scientific equipment, flask