Historical Scientific Instruments

A collection of vintage scientific equipment, showcasing pressure gauges, simulation controls, and diagnostic machinery from past nuclear testing and space exploration.

LARGE MAGNET.

This high-pressure clock (left) belonged to the instruments in use at the Rijkswerf (RW) in Den Helder around 1975.

Antares (depicted - name).Antares (depicted - name)

D723485 MISTY NORTH POST SHOT DIAGNOSTICS K. Glibert (Project Engineer) APRIL 30, 1972 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/30/1972 DIAGNOSTIC; DIAGNOSTICS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; MISTY NORTH TEST; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PIPES; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; DIAGNOSTIC PIPE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

S65-19472 (10 May 1965) --- Astronaut James A. McDivitt is shown in the gondola of a realistic manned spaceflight simulator developed by the Astronautics Division of Ling-Temco-Vought in Dallas, Texas.

Göta lion (depicted - name).Göta Lion (depicted - name)

Image of an instrument for the registration of the wind force in the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute (K.N.M.I.) in De Bilt.

Refrigerator L 220. From below.

LARGE MAGNET.

Dragon (depicted - name).Dragon (depicted - name)

Cooling unit 71a, front.

Model of locomotion.

EDISON PETTIT'S PHOTOMETER ON THE 60-INCH TELESCOPE.

Mortar granate (2 inch) with a cross-section of the same model. 2 inch = 5.08 cm

Refrigerator M 15. From below.

V 5947. Thule (depicted name)

It Supplants The Oboe -- The British Broadcasting Corporation has devised a generator which supplants the oboe as the source of standard musical pitch for orchestra about to broadcast. The generator is shown in the photograph without its cover.The note emitted by the generator has a frequency of 440 cycles per second - the internationally agreed standard of pitch for A in the treble stave - and is rich in harmonics. Its frequency is maintained to within ± 1 part in 2000 of its nominal value. The generator consists of a valve oscillator and a loudspeaker, and is mains-operated. Being light and compact it can readily be taken from studio to studio. November 14, 1951. (Photo by BBC Photograph).

Last stage of assembly work inside reactor casing.

FERDINAND ELLERMAN AT THE COELOSTAT ON TOP OF THE 150-FOOT TOWER TELESCOPE.

Caravan Exhibit Scale. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

The Electrolux laboratory. 1: STA Test cabinet type P1.

MITCHEL'S SPECTROHELIOSCOPE: ROTATING SLITS.

The Electrolux laboratory. The L1 cabinet.

S61-E-010 (4 Dec 1993) --- This close-up view of a latch on the minus V3 aft shroud door of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was photographed with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC), and down linked to ground controllers soon afterward. Endeavour's crew captured the HST on December 4, 1993 in order to service the telescope over a period of five days. Four of the crew members will work in alternating pairs outside Endeavour's shirt sleeve environment to service the giant telescope. Electronic still photography is a relatively new technology which provides the means for a handheld camera to electronically capture and digitize an image with resolution approaching film quality. The electronic still camera has flown as an experiment on several other shuttle missions.

V 6093. Thule (depicted name)

Image associated collection of glass negative with motifs from AB de Laval's steam turbine. FM 29 - V1.

CLOSEUP OF THE 100-INCH TELESCOPE PLATE-BASE AND SURROUNDINGS (DIRECT VIEW).

Astronomical spectroscope; Link Observatory; Mt Hamilton; USA; made by J.A. Brashear 1886. Monotone engraving.

Strykugn.

RIGHT ASCENSION DRIVE ASSEMBLY & CONTROL CABINET OF REMODELED 60-INCH TELESCOPE.

Antares (depicted - name).Antares (depicted - name)

iniettore del centro atomico di frascati, 1958

Electric machines. Photometer with photoelectric cell.

LOOKING DOWN BEAM OF 50-FOOT INTERFEROMETER AT MIRRORS & MOTORS.

The Electrolux laboratory. Ed-30. Sevel air cooled, ice cream frame.

Detector Of Possible Germ Warfare Attack -- Nelson. E. Alexander Army chemical corps engineer, adjusts his invention, a device which can give instant warning of a germ warfare attack, at Camp Detrick, Md. The Army said today that the device, called an aerosoloscope, counts germs, dust and moisture particles in the air. Scientists have long been working on the problem of spotting quickly any sneak attempt by an enemy to release germs, radio active material or a similar substance in the form of "aerosol" cloud. March 2, 1955. (Photo by U.S Army Photo).

Professor Piccard Inspects New Stratosphere Balloon -- Looking down on the gondola of the new stratosphere balloon at the Brussels University.Professor Piccard yesterday inspected the new balloon with which Dr. Cosyns will attempt to set up a new stratosphere record, at the Brussels University, where the balloon is being prepared for the flight. March 14, 1934. (Photo by Keystone).

Refrigerator M 15. From below.

Vintage Photograph. The 200-inch Hale Telescope meeting happening below.

The dolphin (depicted - name).Dolphin (depicted - name)

The Electrolux laboratory. White D3 cabinet (first cabinet).

Atom Showpiece -- This is one of the ten scaled model reactors for the U.S. technical exhibit at the United Nations conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy at Geneva, Switzerland, in August. The models, with transparent inserts to show how a typical atomic reactor works, were assembled at Alexandria, Virginia. June 28, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

D723491 MISTY NORTH POST SHOT DIAGNOSTICS K. Glibert (Project Engineer) APRIL 30, 1972 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/30/1972 DIAGNOSTIC; DIAGNOSTICS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; MISTY NORTH TEST; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PIPES; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; DIAGNOSTIC PIPE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Tellurium and lunarium. Inv. in 1833.

60-inch cyclotron at the University of California, Berkeley. June 8, 1940. The atom-smasher was the most powerful in the world in August 1939. At far left is Dr. Edwin McMillan, who was to discover a new element, neptunium. The man at far right is possibly Philip Hauge Abelson - (BSLOC_2015_1_80)

The Electrolux laboratory. 1: STA Test cabinet type P1.

CASSEGRAIN OBSERVING STATION WITH EYEPIECE.

EDWIN HUBBLE SEATED IN CHAIR, LOOKING THROUGH THE NEWTONIAN FOCUS OF THE 100-INCH TELESCOPE.

CASSEGRAIN SPECTROGRAPH ATTACHED TO THE HOOKER TELESCOPE.

BILL BAUM AT THE GUIDESCOPE OF THE 48-INCH SCHMIDT CAMERA.

Blood Drying Unit- Processing Blood in the Laboratory, Cambridge, England, UK, 1943 A worker at the blood drying unit at Cambridge University carries a crate of filtered plasma into the spin-freezing room, where it will be frozen before it is dried. She is wearing flying kit and gloves, to protect her from the intense cold of the freezing room.

Bell Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV)

Detection Survey - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Vehicles and Missions Studies Charts, Space Capsule

Engraving depicting a transit instrument, used for finding celestial bodies crossing the meridian, within an observatory. Dated 19th Century

Submerged Repeater.Prototype model of electrical equipment of a submerged repeater. January 1, 1948. (Photo by H.M. Postmaster-General).

centro elettronico dell'osservatorio di brera, 1959

$Vintage Photograph. View of 40-inch refractor at Yerkes Observatory.$

Engineer Oscar Larsson's collection at Urania Institute. X-ray and tesla apparatus.

Anefo photo collection. Exhibition "US Food Agriculture" in RAI building. The Mercury Spacecraft. November 5, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Mortar granate (2 inch) with a cross-section of the same model. 2 inch = 5.08 cm

The Tiros is given a vibration test at the Astro-Electronic Products Division of RCA here. Containing 2 TV cameras, the satellite is designed to take still pictures of the earth's cloud cover and transmit them to ground stations. The meteorological project is sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. March 29, 1960. (Photo by NASA).

GEORGE ABELL AT THE 48-INCH SCHMIDT CAMERA.

The Electrolux laboratory. Refrigerator type A with open appliance door.

02/28/1911. A monster telescope in Germany: the great equatorial of the Treptow observatory (near Berlin), which is perhaps the largest in the world.

A laboratory technician writing notes of his observations at the bench of the Ultra-Violet Emission Spectrograph. The emission spectrograph is being used to determine the concentration of additive metals and wear products in lubricating oil. Only a few drops of the oil sample are required in the spectrograph equipment and the test is completed in about ten minutes. The sample is Excited by heating in an electric arc or spark. The light emitted contains a range of wavelengths which are. characteristic of the elements present. The instrument separates the light according to the wavelength and measures the intensity of those wavelengths of interest.

T109 View stand and rocket stand M.M.T 109 (depicted - name)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Lunar Module 5 move from landing gear fixture and mate to SLA.

LONG SWITCHBOARD FOR 100-INCH TELESCOPE; RIGHTMOST SECTION.

Photograph of an 8-foot spinning satellite in an advanced orbital test simulator. Dated 20th century

Condensormaskinia (L.O.1717).

B732303 ELY NEVADA SEISMIC STATION LEO BRADY (Project Engineer) SEP 13 73 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 9/13/1973 BRADY, LEO F; DIRT (SOIL); EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; ELY, NEVADA; HOLES (IN THE GROUND); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR TESTING; RECOVERY; SEISMIC; SEISMIC IMAGE; SEISMIC SENSORS; SEISMOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS; SEISMOLOGICAL STATIONS; SEISMOLOGY CAVE; SEISMOMETER; TEST SITES; TUNNEL TEST; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; ELY NEVADA historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

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The Electrolux laboratory. Refrigerator type A.

The hedge space.Sb side spt.5-7 viewed from Cl .. Kockums AB (depicted name), shark (depicted name)

Device for sampleVav membrane valve L.O.7450.

Image associated collection of glass negative with motifs from AB de Laval's steam turbine.

D.M. Frid. June 18, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

Vintage Photograph. Research and Development Lab of International Minerals and Chemicals Corp at Bartow Florida.

Frianological profiling machine. Inv. in 1843.

Astronaut Eugene Cernan at Lunar Lander Research Facility. Cernan under gantry, in training module. Captain Cernan was one of fourteen astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963. On his second space flight, he was lunar module pilot of Apollo 10, May 18-26, 1969, the first comprehensive lunar-orbitalqualification and verification flight test of an Apollo lunar module.

Transferring the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) into Canister 1 for STS-41C, March 6, 1984

P.P.I. (Plan Position Indicator) tube photos at SCR 527 radar station show air defense grid and permanent echoes from terrain features in the Lingayen Gulf area. The station is at Alaminos, Pangasinan, Luzon, Philippine Islands.

A mockup of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft cockpit undergoing a ground tests at the Boeing Company Human Engineering Test and Evaluation Laboratory. Base: Wichita State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

B60-00285 (1960) --- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 6 spaceflight, emerges from an egress trainer during training activity at the Langley Research Center. He is attempting to transfer onto a life raft from the mock-up of the Mercury capsule.

The Mercury space capsule undergoing tests in Full Scale Wind Tunnel, January 1959. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication, page 75, by James Schultz. Also Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958, page 389, by James R. Hansen.

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 3.5x3.5 (negative contains recording) absorption device benzoldamp determination. undated

Space Flight Charts, Space Capsule

100-INCH TELESCOPE COUDE SPECTROGRAPH -- POLAR AXIS & SLIT ASSEMBLY; WILSON & NICHOLS IN PICTURE

Häckrummet's Severe shot seen .. Kockums AB (depicted name), shark (depicted name)

Professor Percival Lowell in the observatory he built at Flagstaff, Arizona Date: 1912

Anefo photo collection. 100 years of Utrecht Observatory Dir. Prof. Minnaert Dr. J. Houtgast at the mirror arrangement for catching sun rays. September 22, 1953. Utrecht

The Electrolux laboratory. Brown M3 Cabinet.

Mid adult man standing near an electric generator, Ion Accelerator and Volt Generator, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

View of STS Atlantis

EXPLANCE 1609 (1954-1983)

Vintage photograph. Production of influenza vaccine. Eggs containing 11-day embryos arrive at the Parke Davis virus building in a heated truck and are placed air sac end up in an incubator

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viking Project In 1976 NASA will land two automated scientific laboratories on the planet Mars. This pioneering effort to explore in detail the surface of another primary planet in our solar system will be identified by a name that exemplifies the spirit of historic exploration. To accomplish this goal, two spacecraft will be launched from the Kennedy Space Center within a month of another in mid-1975. These spacecraft, each including a lander and an orbiter, will hurtle nearly 460 million miles around the Sun before reaching the red planet. The descent will occur when Mars is about 225 million miles from Earth and nearly on the other side of the Sun. This requires a completely automated de-orbit and landing operation because, at that distance, two-way communication between Mars and Earth takes nearly 45 minutes. Surface science will then commence with principal scientific interest invested in biology, geology and meteorology.

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