Thermocouple temperature gauge used at Grace Bros, Sydney
Object No. 97/72/2
Thermocouple temperature gauge, metal/ glass/ paint, used at Farmer and Co/ Grace Bros Sydney, Ether Ltd, England, c 1950
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Summary
Physical Description
Thermocouple temperature gauge (1), metal/glass/paint, Ether Ltd, used at Farmer and Co/Grace Bros Sydney city store, corner of George and Market Streets, England, c.1950. Thermocouple temperature gauge, Ether Ltd, used at Farmer and Co/Grace Bros Sydney city store, made in England, c.1950. Rectangular metal box painted black with horizontal glass-fronted gauge marked from 0 to 1200 degrees F. Below the gauge is a dial that can be turned to any of four positions. The attached thermocouple would have been placed in one of the four cylinders of the Mirrlees diesel engine that was installed in the same room as the McLaren engine included in this acquisition. Labelled: Ether multipoint indicator; Ether Ltd, Erdington, Birmingham; Stevenson's Patent No 424694; type RSI 7/6; automatic cold junction compensated.
DIMENSIONS
Height
350 mm
Width
300 mm
Depth
200 mm
PRODUCTION
Notes
Made by Ether Ltd at Birmingham, England. The Mirrlees engine was probably contemporary with the McLaren, so the gauge probably dates from the 1950s.
HISTORY
Notes
Used at the Sydney city store of Farmer and Co, on the corner of George and Market Streets, which later became Grace Bros. Owned originally by Farmer and Co, then Grace Bros, and finally Coles Myer Pty Ltd.
SOURCE
Credit Line
Gift of Coles Myer Pty Ltd, 1997
Acquisition Date
20 March 1997
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