03-09-2012, 12:49 PM
G'day David!
The only sketchy info I could find is on the Kelvin & Hughes Mk IIb 'Supersonic Flaw Detector'. This ancient instrument had not even been made by Kelvin & Hughes, but was built to their designs by some other company under a Ministry of Supply manufacturing contract.
http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/mk4.html
That info is from a website entitled ‘A short History of the development of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology’.
http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/history1.html
It gives an interesting insight into the origins of ultrasound, dating back to the early 1800s through to the early 2000s. As early as 1826, Jean-Daniel Colladon, a Swiss physicist, had successfully used an underwater bell to determine the speed of sound in the waters of Lake Geneva.
None of which is at all helpful in answering your request for info on the KH MKV detector.
Kelvin Hughes as a company still very much exists, but seems not to produce diagnostic equipment – nowadays it involved in marine communications, radar, surveillance equipment for the military and so on.
Closer to home for you, 0n 26 June 2012, Kelvin Hughes appointed global defence prime contractor Austal to head-up its sales and service operations across Australia and New Zealand. KH says that the agreement will allow Kelvin Hughes to better meet the demands of its client portfolio across the region, which includes the Royal Australian Navy, the Royal New Zealand Navy and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.
It’s a long shot, but who knows – they may still have an archive of technical info so it could be worth contacting them:
http://www.kelvinhughes.com/
As to the Taylor 94B, all I could find was a picture of it on Radiomuseum.
One of the largest UK suppliers of technical info is Mauritron, from when you can download manuals. No luck there I’m afraid.
Sorry I can’t help, but at least you know someone tried.
Best of luck in your quest David.
As a footnote, I know what you mean about the 'stripdown value' of old equipment being more valuable than the sum of its parts. I have an old Marconi signal generator which would need major attention, but must have cost a King's ransom when new. Lot's of useful stuff in it - valves, valveholders, switches - even nuts and bolts, but also, much of it is specific to the instrument and no use to anyone. I always feel a bit guilty about pulling stuff to bits - almost an act of vandalism, but being pragmatic, it's sometimes either that, or just leave it to rot.
I've got an ECT machine that's nicely made but I'll probably end up chucking the innards away and saving the nice wooden cabinet, as people often did with crystal sets - arrrgh! However, there's no way that I or anyone else will ever use this machine for its intended purpose - for 'electro convulsive therapy' - a highly controversial technique which has its supporters and detractors. I'm too young to die, and too old for nasty shocks!
The only sketchy info I could find is on the Kelvin & Hughes Mk IIb 'Supersonic Flaw Detector'. This ancient instrument had not even been made by Kelvin & Hughes, but was built to their designs by some other company under a Ministry of Supply manufacturing contract.
http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/mk4.html
That info is from a website entitled ‘A short History of the development of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology’.
http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/history1.html
It gives an interesting insight into the origins of ultrasound, dating back to the early 1800s through to the early 2000s. As early as 1826, Jean-Daniel Colladon, a Swiss physicist, had successfully used an underwater bell to determine the speed of sound in the waters of Lake Geneva.
None of which is at all helpful in answering your request for info on the KH MKV detector.
Kelvin Hughes as a company still very much exists, but seems not to produce diagnostic equipment – nowadays it involved in marine communications, radar, surveillance equipment for the military and so on.
Closer to home for you, 0n 26 June 2012, Kelvin Hughes appointed global defence prime contractor Austal to head-up its sales and service operations across Australia and New Zealand. KH says that the agreement will allow Kelvin Hughes to better meet the demands of its client portfolio across the region, which includes the Royal Australian Navy, the Royal New Zealand Navy and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.
It’s a long shot, but who knows – they may still have an archive of technical info so it could be worth contacting them:
http://www.kelvinhughes.com/
As to the Taylor 94B, all I could find was a picture of it on Radiomuseum.
One of the largest UK suppliers of technical info is Mauritron, from when you can download manuals. No luck there I’m afraid.
Sorry I can’t help, but at least you know someone tried.
Best of luck in your quest David.
As a footnote, I know what you mean about the 'stripdown value' of old equipment being more valuable than the sum of its parts. I have an old Marconi signal generator which would need major attention, but must have cost a King's ransom when new. Lot's of useful stuff in it - valves, valveholders, switches - even nuts and bolts, but also, much of it is specific to the instrument and no use to anyone. I always feel a bit guilty about pulling stuff to bits - almost an act of vandalism, but being pragmatic, it's sometimes either that, or just leave it to rot.
I've got an ECT machine that's nicely made but I'll probably end up chucking the innards away and saving the nice wooden cabinet, as people often did with crystal sets - arrrgh! However, there's no way that I or anyone else will ever use this machine for its intended purpose - for 'electro convulsive therapy' - a highly controversial technique which has its supporters and detractors. I'm too young to die, and too old for nasty shocks!
Regards, David.
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'I'm in my own little world, but I'm happy, and they know me here'
