Photographs relating to inventions [PRG 1776/2] • Photograph

Flour mill.

Flour mill.

J.H. Both & Co. Caltowie.

'Both' inventions.

'Both' inventions.

Three photographs pasted on cardboard of E.T. Both and Prof. Kerr Grant, founders of 'Both' organisation in 1932, listening to "amplified heart sounds" and the first 'Both' portable Electrocardiograph. The portable ECG was designed and made by E.T. Both at the Physics Department at Adelaide University.

Lord Nuffield with a patient.

Lord Nuffield with a patient.

Photograph of a newspaper cutting with caption stating that Lord Nuffield will make the "wooden-lungs" at his Oxford motor works.

'Insulcot'.

'Insulcot'.

An insulcot Mark 2, invented by the Both brothers, showing the access to infants for medical staff.

Portable incubator.

Portable incubator.

Portable Incubator under test at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Subiaco, W.A. 11th May, 1956.

Portable incubator.

Portable incubator.

One of the Both brothers carrying a portable incubator.

Portable humid crib.

Portable humid crib.

Portable humid crib which allowed premature infants to be transported.

Both Humox cot, Coronation gift.

Both Humox cot, Coronation gift.

Following the Queen's visit to South Australia, the people of the state raised a large sum of money to commemorate the visit by donating humid cribs to South Australian hospitals.

Insul-cot mark 2.

Insul-cot mark 2.

Insulcot with perspex canopy and access from both sides.

Insul-cot mark 3.

Insul-cot mark 3.

Control panel of the insulcot mark 3. 'The Mark 3 Insulcot provided a clean and controlled atmosphere for the nursing of premature and sick infants...It also included a Servo feature which enabled the infant, by means of a sensitive thermistor taped to the abdomen, to control its own temperatures.' [source: Pay, Clive 'The Remarkable Both Brothers'.]

'Both' Visitel.

'Both' Visitel.

Diagram of instrument 'designed to transmit sketches or hand writing by radio, wires or PMG systems. Declared an army secret for several years.'

'Visi-tel' Receiver Overall Dimensions.

'Visi-tel' Receiver Overall Dimensions.

Diagram of the visitel instrument showing dimensions in inches.

Visitel transmission.

Visitel transmission.

Example of visitel transmitted writing.

Electric scooter.

Electric scooter.

'Electric scooter 12 volt. 1941. Not put into production.'

Electric scooter.

Electric scooter.

'Electric scooter 12 volt. 1941. Not put into production.'

Both electric cloth cutter.

Both electric cloth cutter.

The cloth cutter was used to make military uniforms during World War Two.

'Brain machine writes its own diagnosis'.

'Brain machine writes its own diagnosis'.

E.T. Both operating a Both Electroencephalograph which records on a graph tiny changes in electrical potential within brain cells.

Both Electroencephalograph.

Both Electroencephalograph.

Electroencephalograph with simultaneous traces on paper below the main panel.

Electro-cardiograph.

Electro-cardiograph.

Model K, ink writing electrocardiograph.

Urological table.

Urological table.

Both-Bonnin hydraulic urological table 'used for the examination and treatment of urological complaints.'

'Mr Don Both demonstrating his new portable iron lung today'.

'Mr Don Both demonstrating his new portable iron lung today'.

A small iron lung designed for emergency use. 'News', Saturday June 6, 1953, page 11.

Portable infrared therapy lamp.

Portable infrared therapy lamp.

The lamp warmed tissues around an injury promoting blood flow and quicker healing.

Portable defibrillator.

Portable defibrillator.

The Both Defibrillator was designed to supply an electical pulse to terminate ventricular fibrillation.

'Dawn Frazer [sic] Yvonne Both, Bert Causby'. Bert Causby was the Both company foreman.

'Dawn Frazer [sic] Yvonne Both, Bert Causby'. Bert Causby was the Both company foreman.

ECG testing on swimming teams during Games preparation.