THIS MACHINE, ONE OF THE FIRST PRECISION SURFACE GRINDING MACHINES TO BE MADE ENTIRELY IN ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 008343
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made c June 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

THIS MACHINE, ONE OF THE FIRST PRECISION SURFACE GRINDING MACHINES TO BE MADE ENTIRELY IN MELBOURNE, IS SURFACE GRINDING A 50- POUND BOMB GAUGE. EXCEPTING LATHES, MANUFACTURE IN AUSTRALIA OF THESE PRECISION MACHINES IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT, THE RESULT OF WARTIME DEMAND.