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Collection: Astronomy

Heliostat

This is a brass instrument on a circular base with three screw legs. The instrument is has a central stand which is cut open at…

Wooden Stand

This is a wooden stand with an an adjustable jointed arm. At the end of this arm there is a cork pincer set into the…

Mercury Manometer

This is a glass instrument attached to an upright wooden frame set in a rectangular wooden base. The glass instrument consists of a ‘u’-shaped tube,…

Camera

This object is a simple camera with a very large lens and an apparently locally-made plate holder. It consists of a huge lens with a…

Plate Holder Assembly

This object consists of a long brass-coloured tube of a fixed width attached at one end to a wooden assembly, which is painted black. The…

Transformer

This object consists of a blocky metal object appearing like plates of metal stuck flat together with protruding attachments screwed to these on each side.…

16mm Gun Camera N-6A

This object is a rectangular box-shaped motion picture camera, with a small cylindrical lens assembly protruding from one end. There are several attachments across the…

Plate Holder

This object is a doubled-sided 4″x5″ photographic film plate holder for use with a camera with a Graflex back that enables this holder to be…