Note! Some of the items available here are quite large and may take a while to download over a slow internet connection. In these cases, approximate file sizes are shown as a guide.
MACHINERY – Building Precision into OMT Optical Rotary Tables (5MB)
(Reproduced by kind permission of Machinery, published by Findlay Media, a Mark Allen Group company – https://www.machinery.co.uk)
WP100 Projector brochure (2MB)
Inspection Equipment 1957 catalogue (6MB)
Inspection Equipment 1963 catalogue (6MB)
Indexing Tables catalogue 1971 (7MB)
Optical Elements catalogue (2MB)
Dividing Heads and Rotary Tables [[ Kindly supplied by Todd Warriner of Lambertville, MI USA. Note the George Scherr logo alongside the Newall logo on one of the OMT catalogue covers: we have already noted that George Scherr became OMT agents – here is the proof! ]]
Reading Mercury article – “Where absolute accuracy is paramount” (2MB)
“Just a Second” promotional film – transcript part 1 (3MB)
“Just a Second” promotional film – transcript part 2 (8MB)
Letter from Ministry of Supply 1948
Letter from George Scherr 1956
Link to Dave Caroline’s Vertical Omtimeter photos
Newall measuring machine – NPL specification of accuracy
Industry Week 30th January 1970 – article 1
Industry Week 30th January 1970 – article 2
Maidenhead Advertiser – Announcement of Factory Closure
Helston Factory Organisation Chart 1969
The following items are concerned with the post-Newall era, but are included for interest.
Eimeldingen UK company profile
Link to Rotary Precision Instruments UK – the final owners of OMT
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