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Image number: RS.5468
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Hand pump for ship
Date
1765
Creator
John Smeaton (1724 - 1792, British) , Civil engineer
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Dimensions
height (drawing): 620mm
width (drawing): 450mm
width (drawing): 450mm
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Description
Design for a ship's hand pump. Plan, elevation and section, 1:12 scale. From Smeaton volume 2, fol. 116v.
The deisgn was first executed by Hurrey & Co in 1765 for installation on a ship at Howden Dock, River Tyne.
The deisgn was first executed by Hurrey & Co in 1765 for installation on a ship at Howden Dock, River Tyne.
Object history
The Royal Society John Smeaton collection consists of 6 volumes of his working drawings.
The drawings (with supplementary manuscripts and engravings) were classified by mechanical engineer, John Farey (1791-1851) under the following 6 headings: I. Windmills and watermills for grinding corn; II. Mills for various purposes and machines for raising water; III. Fire engines for raising water; IV. Bridges and Buildings; V. Canal works, sluices, and harbours; VI. Canals and river navigations.
Smeaton made all his drawings himself. Once more established he employed a draughtsman, but still continued to draw the lines of all his drawings to the proper scale in pencil on cartridge paper which he called sketches. Fair copies of the sketches were then made on drawing paper by the draughtsman, William Jessop or his successor Henry Eastburn, and Smeaton's daughters frequently helped in the shadowing and finishing in indian ink.
The drawings (with supplementary manuscripts and engravings) were classified by mechanical engineer, John Farey (1791-1851) under the following 6 headings: I. Windmills and watermills for grinding corn; II. Mills for various purposes and machines for raising water; III. Fire engines for raising water; IV. Bridges and Buildings; V. Canal works, sluices, and harbours; VI. Canals and river navigations.
Smeaton made all his drawings himself. Once more established he employed a draughtsman, but still continued to draw the lines of all his drawings to the proper scale in pencil on cartridge paper which he called sketches. Fair copies of the sketches were then made on drawing paper by the draughtsman, William Jessop or his successor Henry Eastburn, and Smeaton's daughters frequently helped in the shadowing and finishing in indian ink.
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