Patrick Raftis established a fuel and fodder store in Blackburn about 1916Black and white photograph of the P. Raftis chaff and grain store in Blackburn in the 1920's. Two horse drawn drays and four men in the photograph.|See also ND3272 & ND3319p. raftis and son, fuel and produce merchants

Administration Troop was responsible to resupply the squadron with fuel rations ammunitions and water.Black and white photograph of four members of Administration Troop, VMR Squadron 4/19 Prince of Wale's Light Horse at Puckapunyal September 1992.military, resupply, vmr, pwlh, puckapunyal

A steam boiler like this late 18th century boiler, is often called a colonial boiler. Steam boilers were used in factories throughout Australia, mounted over similar designs of brick furnaces. This heat from the fire travels through the tubes in this fire tube boiler and the water heats as it circulates around them. Another kind of boiler is a water tube boiler, in which the water is inside the tubes and the heat of the combustion surrounds the tubes. The boiler in our collection burned wood as fuel but others of this design could also burn coal, coke, gas and liquid fuels. The boiler was made by T & F Johnson, boilermakers. In 1922 their factory was located at Coventry Street, South Melbourne. They were still advertising their 'Colonial, multi, vertical boilers, all sizes' at the same address in 1934. The connected pressure gauge, made in London by Dewrance, measures 0 to 400 pounds per square inch. John Dewrance is renowned as a pioneer of the steam locomotive in the early 19th century. He founded John Dewrance & Co. in South London in 1844. His son Sir John Dewrance took over in 1879. In 1939 the company became a subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox, and was eventually owned by Emerson. How the boiler works: - A boiler is about two-thirds filled with water and heat is applied, in this case in the form of burning wood. The heat is transferred through the metal of the boiler to the water. When the water boils the steam rises to the top, and as it escapes from the boiler the steam pressure builds up in the steam space to later be released to do work; drive machinery such as ship and train engines, turbines, presses, wheels, and driving belts to operate looms and saws. The heat associated with the boiler can be used for preserving food, sterilising, factory manufacturing processes, and steaming wood for shipbuilding. Every boiler has several components fitted for safe operation: - - Safety valves - Gauge glass - Pressure gauge - Main steam stop valve - Water check valve - Blowdown valve - Manhole doorThe boiler is a significant item that gives us a snapshot of early Melbourne's industrial history. It is an example of the technological advancement during the Industrial Revolution where steam-driven machinery and motors could perform tasks more efficiently than manual labour. The makers were one of many boilermaker businesses in Melbourne during the early late-19th andearly 20th centuries. The maritime trade and skills of boilermaking are still learned and applied today. The Dewrance steam pressure gauge connected to the boiler was made by the London firms foundered by John Dewrance. He was renowned for developing the steam locomotive in the early 19th century.Boiler; a horizontal cylindrical underfired steam boiler. It is a multi-tubular design and is timber plank-clad, with brass fittings and pressure gauges. The boiler has an iron door at one end with a metal chimney above it. It is installed over a brick-enclosed solid fuel furnace. Two large, wood-mounted pressure gauges are connected to the boiler and have inscriptions. An inscription is on a red, cast iron plaque above the boiler door. The boiler's maker is T & F Johnson, South Melbourne. One of the pressure gauges was made by Dewrance, London..Maker's plate: "T & F JOHNSON / BOILERMAKERS / SOUTH MELBOURNE" Pressure gauge: "POUNDS PRESSURE / PER [square] INCH / DEWRANCE LONDON"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, boiler, multi tube boiler, steam boiler, steam technology, underfired boiler, horizontal boiler, timber clad boiler, steam power, industrialisation, boilermakers, south melbourne, dewrance, john dewrance, pressure gauge, dewrance pressure gauge, t & f johnson, london, steam engine, steam locomotive, pounds per square inch, 19th century, steam machine, johnson tyne foundry, colonial boiler, fire tube boiler

Used by pilots during WWIIPilot's Notes for Bristol - Hercules V1 Engines in Wellington aircraft.Issue No. 1 February 1943 (M.D. Frecker) These Notes are applicable only to engines running on 100-octane fuel and are complementary to information given in official publications.a22.05

In the days before battery powered torches many used a slush lamp to provide the light they needed to carry out their duties. It held a flammable liquid like paraffin. When the wick was lit the slush lamp provided sufficient light.Slush lamps were designed to be carried around but they could be dangerous because they have flame as a source of light. This is an example of a portable lighting device in common usage before the use of batteries.A black metal slush lamp with two glass panels and a stock. At the back is a hinged door. There is a hole on top caused by rust or being burned through. Kerosene or oil was probably the fuel used.On top of light - Serial No 339220slush-lamp lighting kerosene oil

Lamp, rectangular shaped ship's lamp with handle attached to curved top. Burner site on rectangular fuel tank with sloping edges. Glass partitions have metal cross protective guards.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, lamp, rectangular shaped ship's lamp, ship's lamp

Gas and Fuel Fashion,food,Fitness. Large gathering of people inside a tent. Possibly some official function most men in suits ladies in dresses and coats. Date and location unknown.event, social, gas & fuel fashion, food, fitness

Angelo Pontell about to depart into country with a day delivery Heatane gas bottles. Angelo is President Social Club. Photography by Gas & Fuel Corporation Printing Section. Date and Location Unknownperson, individual, worker

3 workers in trench with a machine laying large pipe. ladder at the end of the trench, red fuel can on ground to left of the pipe. The alignment machine is moving along a pre laid track.Kodakorganisation, industry, gas and fuel

Cast iron copper with pull out door for fuel at base. Round copper insert with galvanised flue pipe. Round wooden top reinforced with two pieces of wood and a wooden handle.domestic items, laundering

Bushfire behaviour is influenced by many factors including temperature, relative humidity (RH), forest type, fuel quantity and fuel dryness, topography and even slope. Wind has a dominant effect on the Rate of Spread (ROS), as well as fire size, shape and direction. Temperature and relative humidity have major impacts on fuel dryness and therefore upon the availability of fuel for combustion. A thermo-hygrograph measures and records both temperature and humidity. It produces a continuous record by drawing ink traces on a paper chart held in revolving cylinder. Humidity is measured by shortening or lengthening of specially treated horse hair. Temperature is measured by means of a bi-metallic strip. This particular instrument is a seven day recorder. The instrument is driven by clockwork. Thermo-hygrographNegretti & Zambra

Bushfire behaviour is influenced by many factors including temperature, relative humidity (RH), forest type, fuel quantity and fuel dryness, topography and even slope. Wind has a dominant effect on the Rate of Spread (ROS), as well as fire size, shape and direction. Temperature and relative humidity have major impacts on fuel dryness and therefore upon the availability of fuel for combustion. The amount of fine fuel available can increase rapidly from nearly zero when fuel moisture content is more than 16% after rain or a heavy morning dew, to many tonnes per hectare as fuel dries out later in the day and the moisture content drops below 9%. This explosive escalation in the amount of available fuel can happen over a few hours on hot and windy days. A sling psychrometer is a simple device for determining air temperature and relative humidity. It contains two thermometers, one of which is covered with a wick saturated with ambient temperature liquid water. These two thermometers are called dry bulb and wet bulb. When the sling psychrometer is spun rapidly in the air, the evaporation of the water from the wick causes the wet bulb thermometer to read lower than the dry bulb thermometer. After the psychrometer has been spun long enough for the thermometers to reach equilibrium temperatures, the unit is stopped, and the two thermometers are quickly read. A psychrometric scale on the side of the instrument is then used to convert the dry bulb temperature TDB and the wet bulb temperature TWB into humidity information. The wet bulb temperature is approximately equal to the adiabatic saturation temperature. The thermometers fold back into the plastic handle when not in use. Used to measure temperature and relative humiditySling PsychrometerBACHARACH INSTRUMENTS - Pittsburg PAbushfire, forests commission victoria (fcv)

Used to sample fine fuels on the forest floor. The ring was pushed into the litter to sample 0.1m2Heavy metal ring with sharpened bottom edgeforests commission victoria (fcv), bushfire, forest measurement

Black and photograph of A.R. Warren (Fuel Merchant) house, taken from across Main Road to front of house. Present day location of Le Pine Funerals, 848 Main Road, Eltham.a.r warren, main road, eltham, houses

Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria - Application for service from main to position of meter. Application for installation of gas cooker at 19 Holmes Road, Owner M.J. Midgley dated 16/03/1960business, retail, gas and fuel

Gas and Fuel Fashion,Food,Fitness. A female model in a pink tracksuit pants and pink, grey and white top walking down the aisle of the theatre she is holding a rope. Date and location unknown.event, social, gas & fuel fashion, food, fitness

Gas and fuel Fashion,Food,Fitness. Photo of two blonde hair females in white tops, white and blue skirts holding plates of seafood on the right a bouquet of roses. Date and Location Unknownevent, social, gas & fuel fashion, food, fitness

Gas and fuel Fashion,Food,Fitness. Photo of two blonde hair females in white tops, white and blue skirts holding plates of seafood on the right a bouquet of roses. Date and Location Unknownevent, social, gas & fuel fashion, food, fitness

Yellow envelope ''John Lindsay's camera centre, 267 Hargreaves st. Bendigo'' The envelope is dated 29/08 in the name of Gas & Fuel. It contained photos catalogue 11518.417 to 11518.422 and negative 11518.423.business, retail, gas and fuel

Brass & steel steam engine. Fuelled by Methylated Spirits into a tray under the boiler. All mounted onto a Meccano Base with red plastic funnel for use with methylated spirit. The donkey engine is a toy.toys, mechanical

Coloured photo of a Centurion Tank (No. 2) with 2 soldiers on top with fuel tanks. Three men, two shirtless in background. One soldier pouring liquid into mugs. Two jerry cans in the foreground.centurion tank

This item is an example of a lighting device used before electricity and battery power were widespread.A small brass Elfin Reflector Night kerosene lantern with a reflector plate at the back. A handle runs around the middle. It has a small canvas wick. The glass is missing.On top of fuel tank-ELFIN REFLECTOR NIGHT LAMP On back-MADE IN U.S.A. BY EDWARD MILLER & CO USA On wicker winder (left) -E. MILLER -CO.U.S.A.lamp lantern kerosene oil lighting miller-edward

Inscribed on reverse 'Leaping Leena' for weekend use. Note sign for A.R. Warren Fuel MerchantSepia photographeltham, train, eltham railway station, eltham-hurstbridge railway line, red rattler, single carriage train, a.r warren

Typed letter to R. J. Bartle, Esq., from D. O'Connor, Engineer and ?, Chief Engineer, of the National Roads and Motorists Association (N.S.W.) dated November 8, 1936. Letter mentions four tests done in a car over a stretch of ground to measure fuel consumption. Tests were done with and without the device installed in the fuel system. Paper has printed letterhead and the names of the President, Vice-Presidents, Hon Treasurer, Council and Secretary with the AAA and NRMA emblems on the left side of the page.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, national roads & motorists' association (n.s.w.), n.r.m.a. house, australian automobile association, r j bartle esq, hon j c watson, hon g r w mcdonald, charles ludowici esq, alderman james mcmahon, j bryden brown esq, d m cooper esq, e h cowdery esq, c r davidson esq, hon j m dunningham mla, a m graham esq, a s lumby esq, rev father w nicol, dr harold norrie, dr f antill pockley, ald h l primrose mla, a e rudder esq, lt-col g c somerville cmg dso, major blair wark vc dso, g a l wilson mla, h i johnson fiis, d o'connor?

Plaque: ‘Hans W Egli/Ingenieur / Fabrikation von flechenmashinen [sic; ?] / Pat. O, Steiger / Zurich II / No 2566. Sole Agents for Australia / Peacock Bros./ Business Systems Company / 558 , 560, 562 Collins St., Melbourne / and at / Sydney, Adelaide, Perth’ Plaque: ‘Presented to . / Department of Information Science / Melbourne University / by the / Gas & Fuel Corporation of Victoria / This calculating machine was used by Engineers of the Metropolitan Gas Co and Gas & Fuel Corporation / from 1917 to 1970’

Black and photograph of A.R. Warren (Fuel Merchant) house, taken toward Main Road from northern rear side. Present day location of Le Pine Funerals, 848 Main Road, Eltham.a.r warren, main road, eltham, houses