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Rahmi M. Koc Industrial Museum |
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The locomotive and rolling-stock models exhibited in the the large display case are arranged in chronological order and include the famous 1829 steam locomotive 'Rocket'. Of the many fine locomotive engine models in individual cases, that of the 'Fire King' is outstanding. Other cases show the application of steam power to road and agricultural vehicles, and one case is devoted to models by Turkish makers. Several clocks and their mechanisms made between the 17th and 19th centuries are also on display.
Stairs lead up from the first floor to the gallery of the foundry, passing the hypotonic rolling-ball clock on the way. Here will be found measuring devices, astrolabes and quadrants used by Muslim astronomers to measure angles. These could be the angular distances of planets or stars above the horizon, for navigation; the angles to targets, for gunnery; or altitudes of buildings, for surveying. |
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Many of the astronomical devices to be seen on the gallery are related to navigation, but they also include telescopes and late 18th century/early 19th century microscopes. The final display case of the scientific instruments section is concerned with mechanical calculating aids, from abacus to Brunsviga, and with both static and current electricity. The first part of the communications section illustrates the progress from the electric telegraph to the telephone system. |
The case also displays a fine collection of early gramophones and tape-recorders.
In the adjacent section you will find radios from 1910 to 1945, together with headphones, speakers, tuner and phono-disc player. The woodwork of these is strongly evocative of a past era. The next case contains devices related to visual communication, both static (cameras, stereoscopes and typewriters) and moving (an operating zeotrope, cine cameras, 1950s black and white televisions).
On the wall next to the ramp from the foundry to the new building you will see some early 20th century model yachts, rowing skiffs and oars. Free-standing exhibits include a London tram, cut-away model car and engine, and direction finder aerials.
Proceeding to the next room, a steam-powered machine and olive press from Bademli Olive Oil Factory will attract your attention. The machine and the press were in use at the factory from the 1950s until they were donated to our museum.
The aviation section displays aircraft engines (including that of the F- 104 Starfighter on display near the museum car park) as well as models of early aircraft. But the most interesting item is the salvaged cockpit of an American B-24 bomber which crashed into the Mediterranean near Antalya while returning from a sortie over Hitler's refinery in Ploesti (Romania) in 1943. A nearby case contains artifacts found in or near the cockpit.
Across from this section are machines for making coins and printing banknotes, which are on loan from the Ministry of Finance. The 19th century, English-made, coin-stamping machine is still in working order and is used to produce commemorative 'coins' for the museum. |
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