From: nemo@naughtylass.wet   
      
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   For what it's worth, I collect ancient technical stuff. Brass and mahogany   
   electrical and electronic instruments, ancient wirelesses and test gear.   
   Also typewriters and office equipment and more recently, ancient computer   
   stuff.   
      
   Also got quite a bit of 50s grey hammer finish lab equipment such as a Pye   
   Mirror Galvo and the very rare pre-amplifier giving a sensitivity of 0.1µV.   
      
   Prides of my collection: Vibrating reed mains frequency meters; a Fellowes   
   Magneto Company 2 valve straight set wireless complete with bright emitter   
   valves and amp; several sub-standard Volt- and Ammeters from the National   
   Physical Laboratory, a Hammond Multiplex typewriter and a GPO No. 18 test   
   set etc., etc.   
      
   The meters aren't all that interesting to look at. They're WW2 vintage and   
   the interest lies in what they might have been used on.   
      
   Oh, and an Admiralty Master Contactor (clockwork pulse generator) that very   
   likely came from HMS Belfast.   
      
   Also, old technical books like 'Telephonology' about the first Strowger   
   automatic telephone systems in the US, a RN 1938 Wireless Telegraphy   
   Handbook and several similar tomes.   
      
   Nemo.   
      
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