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Post Office Box (Eureka)
Assembled, cast hand built, moulded, dove-tailed. Polished, coated, engraved burnished, stencil. Accessories: dials, labels, screws. Surface finish: coated, polished. Inscribed on upper face along back edge: “T.E.P.L. MELBOURNE [arrow] 298 1941” Inscribed on upper face along front edge: “EUREKA BRITISH STANDARD OHMS” Labels Inscribed on upper face: “POSTIVE POLE/LINE OR EARTH” “LINE AND/GALVANOMETER” “GALVANOMETER” “NEGATIVE POLE/AT 15.5oCENT” -
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Ratio Arm, Hartmann & Braun
Assembled, hand built, cast, forged, moulded. Coated, polished, printed, incised, burnished. Surface finish: coated, polished. Inscribed on upper face: “Hartmann & Braun A.G./ Frankfurt a.M./ No 13882” Label adhered to upper face in front left corner: “Part 2-W B 4” On base (stamped in ink): “24 JULL 1929” Inscribed into the underside, wooden base: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"774 X\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" -
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Ring Transformer
Cast, assembled. Varnished. Accessories: paper label in plastic sleeve screwed to top. Surface finish: varnished. Paper label affixed to top of object: “Ring Transformer E2/Core Details/Cast Iron Ring/Mean Diameter 15.45cm/Thickness (along radius) 2.0cm/Breadth ([parallel- signified by two vertical lines] to axis) 0.509 cm/Winding Details Primary/Secondary” Damaged label adhered to upper face in back left corner: “Part[illegible]” -
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Universal Shunt, H. Tinsley & Co
Cast, assembled. Polished, coated. Accessories: brass dials. Surface finish: polished, coated. Inscribed on upper face: “No 18624/ UNIVERSAL SHUNT/[Calibration measuring units 1-2000]/H. TINSLEY & Co LONDON. S.E.” -
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Suspension Galvanometer, H. Tinsley & Co
Assembled, cast. Stenciled. Accessories: dials. Surface finish: coated. Paper label adhered with tape: “SUSPENSION BUST?” Stamped label: “NAT. PHIL. LAB./No17/UNIV. OF MELB.” Inscribed on rim: “H. TINSLEY & Co/LONDON. S.E./No9722 -
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Post Office Box (Eureka)
Assembled, moulded. Coated. Accessories: dials. Surface finish: polished. Inscribed on upper face along back edge: “T.E.P.L. MELBOURNE [arrow] 551 1941” Inscribed on upper face along front edge: “EUREKA BRITISH STANDARD OHMS” Labels Inscribed on upper face: “POSTIVE POLE/LINE OR EARTH” “LINE AND/GALVANOMETER” “GALVANOMETER” “NEGATIVE POLE/AT 15.5oCENT” Underside written in pen: “ROBINSON & STUMBLES” -
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Inductor
Turned, carved, cast. Coated, polished. Accessories: wire (plastic-coated) Surface finish: coated, polished. Dymo label: “B.” -
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Resistance Box, A.E.L
Assembled, dove-tailed. Coated, painted. Accessories: mesh, dials. Surface finish: coated, painted. Inscribed on upper face, centred: “OHMS X 1000/ AUSTRONIC ENGINEERING LABORATORIES” Painted on upper face, back left corner: “PIII” -
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Voltmeter, Hartmann & Braun
Assembled, moulded (bakelite). Coated. Surface finish: polished. Plaque: “Hartmann & Braun/A.-G./Frankfurt a.M.” Stamped label: “NATURAL PHILOSOPHY LABORATORY/No/UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE” -
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Wheatstone Bridge Leeds & Northrup Co
Machined metal sides and interior, machined plastic top with plastic dials, handmade wood base with dovetail joins and mitred corners. Perforated machined metal surface spray painted, machined plastic surface coating, wood base most likely hand varnished. Surface finish: metal sides painted matt blue, plastic top brownish red coating with smooth matt finish, wood base varnished. Inscribed on top face: “LEEDS & NORTHRUP CO./PHILADELPHIA/62798. Paper Sticker on back metal side: “PA 3” Diamond shaped paper label adhered to top face with diagram handwritten in black ink. -
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Resistance Bridge Gambree Bros & Co./ London
No. of pieces: 12 Mold, cut, screw, plated, polish. Accessories: 11 detachable screw knobs. Surface finish: varnish, electroplated. Inscribed on top face: “1 MEGOHM/ PATT.948 GAMBREE BROS & Co LTD LONDON. No 120” Chipped paint dot on top face in the front right corner. -
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Resistance Bridge Hartmann & Braun
Machined metal parts, polymer base, wooden box plinth. Uncoated metal, polished wood. Surface finish: wood varnish. [Stamped] on upper face, centre of front edge: Hartmann & Braun A.G./ Frankfurt a.M/ No 13881. [Stamped] on upper face, centre of back edge: Manufacturer’s symbol. Paint dot on upper face in top left corner approx. 0.7-1.0cm in diameter. -
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Laboratory Standard Condenser 0.3 µF Dubilier
Wooden cube with 8 metal screws visible on the upper and lower faces, securing sides together. The upper face of the cube is plastic. Metal apparatus, possibly brass, fixed to the upper face, All of the faces of the wooden cube, apart from the upper plastic face, have been sanded smooth and on all faces but the lower face, a finish has been applied. Inscribed on upper face: “DUBILIER/LABORATORY STANDARD/CONDENSER/No. 33105845/CAPACITY 0.3µF/PATENTED”; Handwritten on paint dot on upper face: “3” -
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Universal Shunt W.G. Pye & Co
Machined, sanded and attached with screws. Polished. Surface finish: lacquer [Stamped] on top face in the centre, along the front edge: “W.G. PYE & Co LTD/ ENGLAND/ CAMBRIDGE/ UNIVERSAL SHUNT [Stamped] on top face above the central dial: No 15.787 [Stamped] on top face: Total Res= 10,000 ohms -
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Resistance Bridge Elliott Bros
No. of pieces: 2. Mould cast and machine made. Plastic coated, lacquered wood (body). Copper alloy and plastic coated key. Surface finish: lacquered. Inscribed on top face along front edge: “TRUE OHMS/ RIGHT AT 15.7oC No 1907/ P.S WIRE” Inscribed on top face in the centre, along the back edge: “ELLIOTT BROs LONDON” Inscribed measurements on top face, clockwise from top number: “30,000, 40,000, 10,000, 20,000” Inscribed on left side face: “P” Inscribed on top face along right edge: “D” -
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Hewlett-Packard Desk Calculator Model 46
Electronic desk calculator last used by Betatron group -
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DAVEY SAFETY LAMP
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35 MEV BETATRON
35 Million electron volt betatron, manufactured by Siemens, was purchased through the initiative of Professor Brian Spicer (then Director of Nuclear Physics Research, SoP) in 1962. It became the basis of a large research program of photonuclear physics research finally coming to completion in 1986. Of the two “magnets”, the one for external electron beam was scrapped, the other “reprocessed” in the SoP workshop during 2003. This involved the removal of most of the iron laminations to reduce the wieght, and which were replaced by wood to simulate the magnet “yoke” ; glamorised with colour to highlight the coils etc. At the time of writing it is proposed to locate it on the south-east corner of the Physics Podium.Caption describing the object mounted on base. -
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Statitron
Photograph of the general view of the statitron. The accelerating tube is encircled by corona rings. -
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Statitron Generating Voltmeter
The Generating Voltmeter is of the sectored disc type and was part of the control system of the statitron -
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Statitron Analysing Magnet
The Statitron beam was analysed by a ninety degree annular magnetic spectrograph.The magnet had a radius of curvature of 30cm. The winding consisted of 30 layers of 15 B&S enamelled copper wire, about 4000 turns in all and could carry a current of 5 amperes. -
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Photograph of main tank ,Pelletron Accelerator
The Pelletron is a high Voltage particle accelerator capable of producing 5Mev. The main tank contains the pelletron chain of metal pellets connected by insulating nylon links. The pellets are charged by induction and transported by a chain to the collecting dome. The tank is filled with sulfur hexafluoride a high voltage insulating gas -
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Photograph of Analysing magnet 5Mev Pelletron
The Photograph is of the main 90 degree analysing magnet. -
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Original Pelletron Beam Line
The beam line transports the accelerated particles to the site of the experimental apparatus. It is evacuated and may be one of many lines. -
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Konig's apparatus for the analysis of sound
Apparatus to analyse the harmonic upper partials of c. Apparatus consists of 8 Helmhotz resonators (one missing) tuned to the upper harmonics of c. Each of the 8 resonators is connected with a manometric flame. All the manometric flames are observed by means of the rotating mirror. When a sound strikes the apparatus containing a tone to which one of the resonators is tuned, the image of the corresponding manometric flame is resolved by the rotating mirror into a series of separate images. The apparatus corresponds to a modern fourier spectrum analyser. -
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Rotary switch
Brass Rotary switch with glass panel and bakelite housing. Made by H.W Sullivan Ltd LondonMade by H.W.Sullivan Ltd London Inscribed on base No. 5434 No. painted on base 5226 -
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Stroboscope
125Hz tuning fork with viewing slot attached to one prong. Housed in wooden box with swivel top wooden box marked on lid with Stroboscope 125~ Tuning fork marked with England RAGG near base -
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Optical sight
Sight with circular scale Believed to be manufactured by DSTO Maribyrnongoriginal DSTO tag H001053 -
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HP35 handheld electronic calculator
One of the first scientific calculators. Dymo label BRG/15105 -
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Sharp Compet 363P electronic Calculator
Electronic Calculator