EditorialModel of the Paddle Gear of the Lock at Flushing, Model of a winch for operating the sluices of lock gates, on a floorboard. The winch stands on four legs. With a crank on either side, a gear is driven inside, so that a rack with round pins is moved up...
EditorialModel of a Windlass, Model of a roasting spindle on a floorboard. The drum, suspended between two cheeks, has eight continuous holes for wind booms: the roasting spindle can also be operated with a single wind boom on the starboard cheek, which engages...
EditorialModel of a Windlass, Model of a roasting spindle on a floorboard. The drum, suspended between two cheeks, has no holes for wind booms: the roasting spindle is operated with a single wind boom on the starboard cheek, which engages a gear wheel with a pa...
EditorialDouble-barreled flint lock turnover pistol, flint gun with rotating barrel. The lock consists of three plates: a back plate with the lock mechanism and the two front plates each with a pan and a fire sample, the rooster is decorated with lace work, the...
EditorialModel of an Installation for Tarring Rope Yarn, Model of a device for tying cable yarns on a floorboard. The working of the model remains unclear. On one side a tar reservoir is suggested with two holes through which a rope can run. In the other half a...
EditorialModel of a Pivot for Carronades, Model of a turn slide, consisting of two boards on top of each other with a ball bearing in between. The top shelf is turned with a handle. A pawl in a rack on the bottom shelf, which blocks the rotational movement of t...
EditorialModel of a Fire Hearth for Steam Engines, Model of a device for the mechanical firing of a boiler, a bucket with movable bottom, operated by a handle with a pawl on a gear wheel, is filled with coal through a small door, the bottom is jacked up and the...
EditorialModel of a Stayed Mast, Model of a staged mast with steng and flag top on a floorboard. The round mast with square head is staggered with five main ropes on each side and a double foray, and has transverse and longitudinal sowing and a donkey's head. T...
EditorialModel of a Support in a Dry Dock, Schematic model of part of a dry dock, with part of a ship's wall on blocks supported by a composite goat: with a rack and pawl the goat can be set in different positions adapting to the slope and height of the ship's ...
EditorialModel of a Double Capstan, Model of a double capstan in a wooden frame with three levels. Both drums have holes for ten wind trees and have no molars. The upper drum can be opened in four places to show the gear consisting of horizontal and a pair of i...
EditorialModel of a Top mast with a Pawl, Model of a part of an octagonal mast with square top, spread, donkey head and steng. A lockwood carries the stem on the longitudinal sowing, in a row of teeth against the stem falls a pawl that is placed on the front tr...
EditorialModel of a Windlass, Model of a roasting spindle on a floorboard. The drum, suspended between two cheeks that form the roasting spindle with two servants each, only has starboard holes for wind trees: two continuous and four shallow holes. The roasting...
EditorialModel of a Ballista, Working model of a slingshot. The body is a framework with two cheeks, on which a fender with fender is mounted. The spoon hangs loose between its two strands of rope with its lower end. In the lowered position, the spoon is secure...
EditorialModel of a Pivot for Carronades, Model of a turn slide, consisting of two boards on top of each other with a ball bearing in between. The top shelf is turned with a handle. A pawl in a rack on the bottom shelf, which blocks the rotational movement of t...
EditorialTwo Models of a Pivot for Carronades, Model of a turn slide, consisting of two boards on top of each other with a ball bearing in between. The top shelf is turned with a handle. A pawl in a rack on the bottom shelf, which blocks the rotational movement...