Help with identifying this piece of electrical machinery from 1961?

Hello,

This is a bit random but I googled 'historical oscilloscopes forum' and ended up here:

Long story short, I am a writer and researcher and I woudl like to be able to identify what exactly this piece of equipment is. The photo is from 1961. I think it may be an oscilloscope? Any information most welcome!

Thank you,

Melissa

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michaelkellett over 3 years ago +8

It is an oscilloscope (the thing in front is much rarer now - it's an ashtray !) Looks like a Cossor 339 from probably 1940s. www.radiomuseum.org/.../cossor_double_beam_oscillograph.html https:/…
michaelkellett over 3 years ago in reply to wisewoman +4

£45 (scope price when new) in 1942 is worth £2259 in 2022 money. The average weekly wage for a manual worker was £5.6 so the scope represents about 2 months wages - maybe a bit more than the inflation…
wisewoman over 3 years ago in reply to michaelkellett +2

Thank you very much! The photo was taken in a workshop in Charlwood, Surrey in 1961 by a news reporter. There is a whole story around this but I wont bore you with the details as I'm afraid it has absolutely…

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