<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The TasmanianMuseum and Art Gallery
has been offered some former government workplace monitoring equipment
for its history collection. The equipment was used to test conditions in
mainly industrial workplaces around Tasmania. The offer includes a box
of four steel inspection(?) tapers, pictured below, although the donor
does not know what they are for. They are very heavy, with the largest
weighing upwards of 10-15 kgs. Each shaft is flat on the small end with
a small centre drill hole in the middle. The opposite end is curved (rather
like the end of a baseball bat) and has no hole. Neither the box nor the
shafts have any markings. Approximate sizes are:</font>
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Length
Large diameter Small diameter</font>
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330mm (13”inches)
25 (1”)
16
(5/8”)</font>
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430mm (17”)
38 (1.1/2”)
22 (7/8”)</font>
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510mm (20”)
60 (2.3/8”)
28 (1.1/8)</font>
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570mm (22.1/2”)
70 (2.3/4”)
32 (1.1/4”)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Does anyone have any idea what these
might be?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Ian Terry</font>
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Ian Terry<br>
Assistant Curator (History)<br>
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery<br>
GPO Box 1164<br>
Hobart TAS 7001<br>
Australia<br>
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Tel: (03) 6211 4167<br>
Int'l: 61 3 6211 4167<br>
Fax: (03) 6211 4159<br>
Email: Ian.Terry@tmag.tas.gov.au<br>
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Workdays: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday<br>
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