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.1) Pair of compasses, makers mark on one arm. .2) Pen holder. .3) Rectangular container for spare parts. .4) Blue plastic pouch with transparent front panel.

.4) On base of pouch printed in white "Staedtler / Mars / 551 40WP Germany". On flap of pouch imprinted "Western Germany".

trades, drafting, containers

.1) Hand held Hewlett Packard calculator with black plastic housing. Digital readout panel across the top front face. Battery compartment on top back (cover missing). .2) Instruction book with coloured front panel illustrated with an orange disc impaled with a fork (!). Printed in Singapore.

"Hewlett Packard 33E"

trades, drafting

Drafting set in black hinge-lidded box lined in blue satin and velvet. Consists of compasses, dividers, pens and pencils - 11 pieces in total. Brass fittings.

Yellow post-it label on lid handwritten "McGibbon" Etched on dividers "W H H L D"

instruments, trades, drafting, containers

.1 to .4)Two SAA Conversion Slides supplied by Standards Association of Australia for converting imperial measurements to metric. .5) Plastic sleeve. .6) instruction leaflet.

engineering

Ten slide rules, various makers. All cased. Materials vary from cases in cardboard, vinyl, leather, plastic and slide rules in wood, plastic, metal. .23) Instruction book for E. Green's Hemmi's slide rule printed in Japan in 1934.

drafting, trades, engineering

Set of 8 steel plates for Thompsons Kelly & Lewis Castlemaine and Melbourne. .1 & .2) Used for Worthington pumps. Printed with specification categories, serial number, year of manufacture etc..

metalcraft, commerce, advertising

Set of 4 German made drawing pens and 3 attachments in a green plastic box with hinged clear plastic lid and white insert to hold items separately. In original white and green cardboard box.

On box "S 1184 / 4N"

trades, drafting

.1) Wooden box with hinged lid. 22 wooden and 3 plastic flat curved patterns loose in the box. Several are numbered. .2) 3 clear plastic curves in a pouch. Made in Italy. .3) 3 clear plastic curves in a pouch. Made in Italy. .3 .....31) Plastic curves. French curves are used in a drawing office to draw a smooth best fit line through a number of points.

.25) "42 / Engineering / TB5" etched into plastic. .2 & .2) Pouches marked "LONGO Made in Italy" in gold.

trades, drafting

A set of plain wooden trays used by the "Tea Lady" at Thompsons Castlemaine Ltd. Plain wood with some lacquer. .1 & .2) Have hardboard bases with cut out sections on the front lips. All have finger slots on the right and left sides.

domestic items, trays, trades, carpentary

Two paper covered booklets with b & w photographs of pumps made by Thompsons Castlemaine. .1) Contains performance and dimension details with some hand written details. .2) Details of specialised pump for unstrained juices in cane sugar mills.

documents, pamphlets, machinery, pumps, engineering

Single fold leaflet detailing capacities of single stage centrifugal pumps made by Thompsons (Castlemaine) Ltd.. Page numbering indicates it is part of a larger publication.

documents, pamphlets, machinery, pumps, engineering

Two pamphlets detailing a type of turbine pump with photographs in b & w. .1) High Lift Single Stage. .2) Multi Stage Pumps. Made by Thompsons Co. Castlemaine. Stapled.

.1) Publication No. 8 20/1. .2) Publication No. 8 21/1.

documents, pamphlets, machinery, pumps, trades, metal working, engineering

Two paper covered booklets detailing centrifugal pumps, printed in b & w with photographs. Describing items made by Thompsons Engineering Co.. Stapled.

documents, pamphlets, machinery, pumps, engineering, trades, metal working

Two paper covered booklets printed in black and white with photographs of specified items. .2) On back cover has b & w photos of other products made by Thompsons & Co. (Castlemaine) Pty. Ltd..

documents, pamphlets, engineering, machinery, compressors

Paper covered booklet illustrated with photographs in black and white listing Thompsons Engineering & Pipe Co. Ltd.'s work sites and offices in Australia and New Zealand and containing examples of types of equipment produced by the company.

documents, pamphlets, trades, metal working, engineering

.1) Selection criteria for a suitable pump. .2) Boiler feed pumps. Leaflets, each with photographs of a pump.

documents, advertisements, pamphlets, machinery, pumps

Paper covered instruction book for the Pump Department of Thompsons Engineering & Pipe Co. Ltd.. Printed in black ink. Handwritten notes inside front cover. Bound with tin bats.

books, technical, machinery, pumps

Black plastic loose leaf book of blueprints of pump performance curves. Spine is reinforced with green plastic tape.

"Thompsons Engineering / & Pipe Works / Castlemaine Victoria" in gold lettering on front cover.

documents, technical, metal working, drafting, pumping

Battery operated clock with a highly lacquered face with an image of half of a split casing pump casing. The image is in blue and black on a white ground centred on a circular wooden clock face. Numbers are imitation chrome plastic covered with lacquer. The second hand is red. The backing board is rectangular. The operating mechanism is centred in a housing on the back.

Maker's name ("Chris Shaw") on a gold sticker at the bottom centre of the back.

horology

Black bakelite wall mounted dial type telephone. Removable metal base for access and mounting. Chrome circular dial.

No markings, probably PMG issue.

communications, telephonic