Workshop measuring machine
Date
1877
Creator
Henry Adlard (1799 - 1893, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
RCN41234
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 175mm
width (print): 246mm
width (print): 246mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Side view of a Whitworth Company measuring machine, for use in engineering workshops.
Figure 39 from the book The Whitworth measuring machine…, by T.M. Goodeve and C.P.B. Shelley (Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1877).
In the accompanying text, the authors state that: ‘With a view to providing an apparatus which shall possess the practical utility that has now been pointed out, the machine represented in a perspective view by fig.39 has been constructed…the observations are simply estimations of size by reference to the degree of tightness felt in passing the object between the plane ends of the sliding bars…the capabilities of the workshop machine are far more extensive…it is better adapted to the fulfilment of every-day requirements.’
Inscribed below: ‘H. Adlard sc. FIG.39. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF WHITWORTH’S WORKSHOP MEASURING MACHINE. London: Longman & Co.’
Sir Joseph Whitworth (1803–1887), British mechanical engineer and machine tool manufacturer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1857.
Figure 39 from the book The Whitworth measuring machine…, by T.M. Goodeve and C.P.B. Shelley (Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1877).
In the accompanying text, the authors state that: ‘With a view to providing an apparatus which shall possess the practical utility that has now been pointed out, the machine represented in a perspective view by fig.39 has been constructed…the observations are simply estimations of size by reference to the degree of tightness felt in passing the object between the plane ends of the sliding bars…the capabilities of the workshop machine are far more extensive…it is better adapted to the fulfilment of every-day requirements.’
Inscribed below: ‘H. Adlard sc. FIG.39. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF WHITWORTH’S WORKSHOP MEASURING MACHINE. London: Longman & Co.’
Sir Joseph Whitworth (1803–1887), British mechanical engineer and machine tool manufacturer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1857.
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