Shelfmark

Opt.2

Maker

Optical Works Ltd.

Title

Optical instruments and accessories [facsimile]

Description

Instruments, with catalogue numbers, brief specifications and prices are presented under these headings:-
Optical instruments; The collineator;
Schlieren mirrors; Proof planes;
Crystalline quartz apparatus Fused quartz apparatus;
Lenses; Glass prisms;
Price list - April, 1949

Shelfmark

hil.598

Maker

[Hilger & Watts Ltd.]

Title

M.46 - Abbe Refractometer [facsimile]

Description

This typescript is composed of a numbered list of procedures on the setting up and use of the refractometer.
Procedures 1-13 are headed: M.46 - A400 Metalwork.
Procedures that follow are numbered 1-16, and headed: M.46 -
A200 Water Jacket Assembly.
Procedures numbered 1-8 follow, headed: Test Liquid.
The document ends with procedures numbered 1-12, headed:
Test Solid.

Shelfmark

hil. 596

Maker

EMI Gencom Division

Title

EMI photomultiplier tubes

Description

The title on the first page of this catalogue is: Photomultiplier Tubes and Windowless Electron Mulipliers. Preliminary information, titled Main Sections, is given under these headings:-
An introduction to the photomultiplier;
Dark current shot noise equivalent inputs;
Time characteristics;
Spectral response and window transmission curves;
Dynode chain design;
Typical applications;
Photomultiplier specifications
It continues:-
Tube Diameters;
Special Types;
Sockets and Shields;
Suffix Designations
List of Tube Types

Shelfmark

Hil.601

Maker

Edwards High Vacuum Ltd.

Title

Edwards Model VS9-2 Relay Unit Code no. 19102-1

Description

Information is presented under these headings:-
Data and Specification; Description; Circuit Description;
Unpacking; Installation; Operation;
Warning; Maintenance; Warning;
Fault finding; Component List

Shelfmark

Bis.1

Maker

Henry Bisseker (late W. Blews and Son)

Title

[Weights and Measures]

Description

Shelfmark

Csi.C875

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company

Title

Cambridge Thermo-Electric Pyrometers by the Cambridge Instrument Company

Description

Item of sales literature bound within black hardback volume: ‘CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT CO. CATALOGUES 859-915’

Shelfmark

Bla.1

Maker

B. Black and Son

Title

[Thermometers]

Description

A variety of thermometers, inluding standard thermometers and those for specific types of apparatus or purposes

Shelfmark

Bas.35

Maker

Barr and Stroud; Limited

Title

First Quality Iron Castings

Description

Brochure advertising the Barr and Stroud Foundry, to manufacture castings for customers

Shelfmark

btl.19

Maker

Baird & Tatlock

Title

BTL Gunn-Bellani radiation integrator.

Description

Information on this instrument is presented under these headings:-
Principle;
Construction;
Housing;
Operation;
Calibration;
Applications:
Specification;
References;
B.T.L. catalogue references

Shelfmark

Cts.30

Maker

Cooke; Troughton & Simms; Limited

Title

Instructions for fitting and using the Cooke phase contrast unit Type M252790 [facsimile]

Description

The document consists of an account of the instrument it is designed to accompany, together with step by step instructions on setting it up to use. Information is given under these headings:-
Description;
Initial Adjustment;
Use
Objectives Suitable for Use with M252790;
It concludes with a list of its Sales and Service locations worldwide.