Boffin Collection

A Telewriter
A telewriter at Dollis Hill telephone exchange, London. Date: early 1930s

Forecasting Weather
Forecasting the weather at the Air Ministry, Kew, London - observing a balloon to gauge windspeed levels. Date: early 1930s

KNITTING BOFFIN
A bespectacled boffin attempts a spot of knitting, without much success! Date: 1930s

RAIN GAUGE
Checking a rain gauge machine at Kew, near London, England. Date: early 1930s

Weather Prophet
The Weather Prophet, an instrument used at Kew Observatory to record wind direction and velocity. An invaluable invention for forcasting the weather. Date: 25 January 1933

Weather Forecaster
A weather forcaster analyses his temperature charts at Kew Observatory, near London, England. Date: early 1930s

BRAIN TEST
A test for the quickness of the eye and brain. A number is shouted and the person must press the correct bulb as soon as possible. London Institute of Psychology. Date: 1930s

Knitting Boffin
A bespectacled boffin attempts a spot of knitting, carefully following the knitting pattern! Date: 1930s

Gramophone Alarm Clock
A young inventor with his gramophone alarm clock ! Date: early 1930s

Nuclear Computer 1973
Inspection of nuclear reactor fuel element components at Springfields Laboratories : Close-up of the computerised measurement of the grids. Date: 1973

Auguste Piccard / Ochs
AUGUSTE PICCARD Swiss physicist Date: 1884 - 1962

PRITCHARDs MAGIC BOX
Young William Pritchard and his invention, the Magic Box, which is capable of detecting dangerous gases and thus saving 300 lives a year down Great Britains mines

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