50" lens testing using a rebuilt radar dish mount and with two operators where one followed the azimuth movement and the other the elevation. Designed to test better tracking of aircraft and missile interception
Photograph understood to be associated with Ray Barnes and the University of Tasmania physics department during the early 1950s
1950 - 1955
From the Eric Waterworth Collection. The University of Tasmania does not hold copyright on all site materials. Contact us for further dealings
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50" lens under test at Mount Lofty Lookout
Photograph shows Bill Kelly in the foreground, the designer of the mount, and Ray Barnes in the background on a 16mm camera on a 20" lens mount for comparison. It is understood that this activity was associated with the University of Tasmania Physics Department
1950 - 1955
From the Eric Waterworth Collection. The University of Tasmania does not hold copyright on all site materials. Contact us for further dealings
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50” lens on a HS 300 Vinten 35mm camera on a manual tracking mount
Photograph understood to have been taken in Hobart during the early 1950s and associated with Ray Barnes and the University of Tasmania physics department
1950 - 1955
From the Eric Waterworth Collection. The University of Tasmania does not hold copyright on all site materials. Contact us for further dealings
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Advertisement by EN Waterworth business for the F/3.5 enlarger lens
Lens designed and produced at the EN Waterworth business on the Domain university campus after the wartime work
Professional Photography
Year Unknown (p. 29)
Copyright Professional Photograph
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Advertisement for Waterworth Lenses
Advertisement for Waterworth lenses in a photography magazine showcasing an Antares lenses
Professional Photography
1940 - 1960
Copyright Professional Photography
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Early advertisement for the Centaur Lens
Lens designed and produced at the Hobart Optical Annexe renamed EN Waterworth after the War
Jan - Feb 1948 (Vol 1 no. 8)
Copyright Unknown
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Magnifying glass (small)
Hand-held bakelite magnifying glasses. One is deep red and the other dark green. Hinged and retractable with covers and inscribed into the bakelite top cover is 'Waterworth Hobart x10'
EN Waterworth
From the Eric Waterworth Collection. The University of Tasmania does not hold copyright on all site materials. Contact us for further dealings
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Optical, but no illusion
Large double-page article about the wartime activities at the Hobart Optical Annexe and includes images of lens making
The Mercury Newspaper
20 August 1952
Courtesy of the Mercury Newspaper, Hobart
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Stainless steel lens
Stainless steel lens with 'Ten Inch Waterworth Hobart' inscribed on the front lens component that is removable from the main shaft
EN Waterworth
From the Eric Waterworth Collection. The University of Tasmania does not hold copyright on all site materials. Contact us for further dealings
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Stainless steel lens
Stainless steel painted 5" lens with 'Waterworth Hobart 5L WA' inscribed on the front of the shaft. It belonged to Bill Perkins who was one of the key staff at the Optical Annexe in Hobart during World War Two
EN Waterworth
From the Eric Waterworth Collection. The University of Tasmania does not hold copyright on all site materials. Contact us for further dealings
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Stainless steel lens
Stainless steel lens with 'Waterworth' and the digits '11--' and '1-' inscribed on the front of the shaft behind the removable cone-shaped lens housing. The inscription is badly worn and is nearly illegible and incomplete. An internal lens appears to have a crack through it
EN Waterworth
From the Eric Waterworth Collection. The University of Tasmania does not hold copyright on all site materials. Contact us for further dealings
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Stainless steel lens (Antares)
Metal Antares lens with 'Antares 1652 Waterworth Hobart' inscribed on the front lens component that is removable from the main shaft. The other end of the shaft also has anothere removable lens component
EN Waterworth
From the Eric Waterworth Collection. The University of Tasmania does not hold copyright on all site materials. Contact us for further dealings
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Stainless steel lens (Antares)
Stainless steel lens with 'Antares HW' inscribed on the front black removable component of the lens housing
EN Waterworth
From the Eric Waterworth Collection. The University of Tasmania does not hold copyright on all site materials. Contact us for further dealings
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Stainless steel lens (Antares)
Stainless steel lens with 'Waterworth Hobart Antares 20' inscribed in red font on the front lens component that is removable from the shaft
EN Waterworth
From the Eric Waterworth Collection. The University of Tasmania does not hold copyright on all site materials. Contact us for further dealings
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Stainless steel lens (Centaur)
Stainless steel Centaur lens with 'Centaur 134 f=50m.m. f 3-5Waterworth Hobart' inscribed on the front lens removable component of the shaft. It went on sale in 1948 in both Leica focusing screw mount and Leitz Valoy enlarger mount versions
EN Waterworth
From the Eric Waterworth Collection. The University of Tasmania does not hold copyright on all site materials. Contact us for further dealings
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Stainless steel lens (Centaur)
Stainless steel Centaur lens with 'Centaur 171 f=50m.m. f 3-5Waterworth Hobart' inscribed on the front lens removable component of the shaft. The side of the shaft is inscribed with 'Made in Australia'. First sold in January 1948 in both Leica focusing screw mount and Leitz Valoy enlarger mount versions
EN Waterworth
From the Eric Waterworth Collection. The University of Tasmania does not hold copyright on all site materials. Contact us for further dealings
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Stainless steel lens (Rigel)
Metal Rigel lens with 'Rigel 345 F = 1.5 Waterworth Hobart' inscribed on the inside face of the front lens
EN Waterworth
From the Eric Waterworth Collection. The University of Tasmania does not hold copyright on all site materials. Contact us for further dealings
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