Using a measuring machine
Date
1877
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
RCN41234
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 246mm
width (print): 175mm
width (print): 175mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Study of an engineering shop worker using a Whitworth measuring machine to check the diameter a standard plug gauge.
Figure 41 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: ‘in the case of cylindrical gauges, or other portions of work, the operation can be easily effected without such assistance, the gauge of article being merely held in the hand and passed between the ends of the measuring planes, as shown in fig.41.’
Inscribed below: ‘Method of manipulating with the Workshop Measuring Machine.’
Sir Joseph Whitworth (1803–1887), British mechanical engineer and machine tool manufacturer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1857.
Figure 41 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: ‘in the case of cylindrical gauges, or other portions of work, the operation can be easily effected without such assistance, the gauge of article being merely held in the hand and passed between the ends of the measuring planes, as shown in fig.41.’
Inscribed below: ‘Method of manipulating with the Workshop Measuring Machine.’
Sir Joseph Whitworth (1803–1887), British mechanical engineer and machine tool manufacturer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1857.
Associated place