Letters - set of 5 and one report titled "Rail Scrubbing" between the Victorian Railways Chief Engineer Way and Works and Mr. Strickland, Chief Engineer MMTB about the effectiveness of scrubbing with 40HP and 50 HP motors and the number of scrubbing blocks. Includes an extensive report on tests done in Miller St Preston with scrubber No. 4, Feb. 1933. Letters dated 8/2/1933 to 3/2/1933.trams, tramways, scrubber tram, vr, st kilda brighton, testing, tram 5

Newspaper clipping titled: “The things that happen to Hamer” – Herald 19/4/73 Photo and text, tram # 1041 breakdown, pushed by tram # 1035, VIP test ride on prototype $120,000 tram Transport Minister Wilcox stunned and Premier Hamer not amused. Standing on corner of Gertrude and Nicholson Sts Fitzroy at 9.57, surrounded by 30 reporters, waiting for first VIP test ride on new prototype tram. Tramways officer tells Mr Kirby that tram has broken down in Smith St, “bloody electronics have blown up”. Tram arrived at rendezvous point at 10:12, but VIPs had gone. Number 1041 shunted at Nicholson St and headed back to Preston workshops.trams, tramways, prototype tramcar, testing, gertrude st, nicholson st, spring st, preston workshops, tram 1041, tram 1035

Small vest pocket scalebuoy with black bakelite screw on handle and a smaller size interchangeable head, 2 different sized glass bubbles containing a small amount of mercury and held in a chromed holder with screw base.Tested and guaranteed Boston USA Pat applied forsciences, instruments-general, scalebuoy

Booklet of New Ideas and Handy Hints for Cooking and Household.New Ideas Worth Testing - Household Hintsbooks, reference, cookery

Christmas Card - with a number of wrapped gifts and decorations around a pot belly stove on the front cover, a Christmas and happy new year message on the inside and a colour photograph of BTM tram No. 18 at the Gardens Loop with Graham Jordan and Warren Doubleday "testing the suspension" on 12/12/1982. Card sent by Earl Ewers, alias the "Canberra Kid". Card printed on heavy paper and folded in the middle vertically.Under photograph in blue ink "Messrs Jordan and Doubleday testing the suspension on No. 18 at Gardens Loop 12/12/1982!" and in message "To all the BTPS Ltd. members and workers from ye olde "Canberra Kidd"!"tramways, trams, christmas cards, gardens loop, btps

Used at the Ballarat School of Mines campusA divided box with around 50 glass test tubes in it.test tube, laboratory, chemistry, scientific instruments, laboratory equipment

Five test slabs with colour inlays bisque fired. coloured clay, test tile, ceramics

"Squat" test glasses. Note stamp "foreign" on base.

Report - typed carbon copy - about 60 foolscap sheets bound with black and white photographs of the testing equipment within a brown card folder, secured with fold back clips, with red adhesive tape binding on the outside. Titled "Noise Test - Tramcars and Tracks", dated 12/8/1957, prepared by the MMTB Testing Department, Report No. N1/1/88. Gives details of the testing methodology, where testing carried out, types of track construction and the results - concrete track noisier than sleeper construction - includes notes on "quiet" trams.trams, tramways, preston workshops, reports, specification, wheels, tramcars, track, noise

Black and white photo of the cabin of part of Loco 875 with three men in the cabin. Scalebuoy painted on the side. Typed report of tests on the back. Official tests run. Geelong-Warrnambool.sciences, bill ashman collection - correspondence, locomotive no 875

This eye wear transportation box was forwarded from and returned to Kiewa Valley in the 1960's. This period in time, the Kiewa Valley was still a semi remote location, and specialist eye facilities were not available in the region. It was not until the Australian Government proceeded with a "regional development Centre" (for relocating some Federal Departments from Canberra) that the Wodonga/Albury townships developed into a medium city, allowing "specialist" facilities to become available and multiply.This item is very significant to the Kiewa Valley as it demonstrates that even in the 1960's early 1970's the Kiewa Valley residents still had to obtain "specialist" services from MELBOURNE. The "isolation" of the Kiewa Valley was still in place due to unreliable transport routes, long distance travel needed to visit cities and a relatively "small" population. The slow but progress marketing of recreational areas in the region and the movement of retirees away from "city violence" and to a quieter location has been on the increase. The expansion of the existing small airfield to one that can accommodate larger aircraft will hasten the expansion of the population in the region, bringing an ever increasing "visiting specialists" covering among other fields, eye and medical practitioners.This brown coloured cardboard box was used by Coles and Garrard (Sight Testing Opticians) to transport spectacles to one of their clients. The box lid has four staples holding the four folded sides in place. The base is of similar proportions and fastened together.Printed on the top outside lid, in small print "When forwarding your spectacles for repairs, your co-operation is requested in placing name and full address inside the packet. This will obviate delay in repairing and returning spectacles", underneath and in bold print "COLES & GARRARD pty ltd", underneath "Sight Testing Optticians" underneath "We visit over 100 towns in Victoria. Local Newspapers give full details"eye specialist treatments, kiewa valley "isolation", cardboard packaging, personal eye wear

These items were used at the Ballarat School of Mines Chemistry Laboratroy, which was dismantled in 2016.Black plastic covered metal test tube drying rack.chemistry, laboratory, scientific instruments, test tube drying rack

Pamphlet with brief description of seed testing, certification and research. Scannedseeds

Aqua Regia (aq.Fortis) container, 19thCent used in Au testing

Twelve page report, gloss paper, orange covers and a brown comb binder, titled "Automatic Vehicle Monitoring System" August 1979 describing the introduction of the AVM system by the MMTB into Melbourne for both trams and buses. Gives the background to the system, how it works, what it can do, diagrams, photographs of Hamburg and Los Angeles, notes on how it can improve services and MMTB planning for the system including photographs of a bus in West Heidelberg where preliminary testing was being undertaken at the time. Folded into the rear of the report is a 4 page, typed and handwritten notes by the donor on the system, answering a series of questions.Marked on top of the front over "1979"trams, tramways, avm, mmtb, testing, automatic vehicle monitoring

Eight page magazine, centre stapled, "Electric Traction - July 1955", with a photo of 974 undergoing noise testing in Bourke St. Has an article on the Minister for Transport, Mr. A. G. Warner speech at the time of the opening of the new East Preston Depot, and the efficiency of tramways. Has an item on the Resilient wheel that reduces noise. Also items on the new W7 tramcars, route numbers for the Bourke Street routes, NSW electric railways and Ballarat.trams, tramways, bourke st, w7 class, east preston depot, resilient wheels, wheels, testing

Small hand held Scalebuoy in original box, screw on handle of black bakelite attached to a glass bulb containing liquid mercuryTested and Guaranteed boston USA Pnt Applied For The Scalebuoysciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy