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Wheel cutting engine, 1770-1785.

Made:
1770-1785 in London
designer:
Henry Hindley
Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785 Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785 Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785 Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785 Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785 Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785
Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785 Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785 Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785 Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785 Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785 Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785

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Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785
King's College, London, Science
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785
King's College, London, Science
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785
King's College, London, Science
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785
King's College, London, Science
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785
King's College, London, Science
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785
King's College, London, Science
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Wheel cutting engine in a glass case on a table stand with a drawer and a box (not original, post 1875) of brass fittings and a brass extension arm

Wheel cutting engine on table with drawer, 1770-1785. This wheel cutting engine is thought to have been made by John Smith in the 1770s while he worked at King George III's Observatory at Richmond upon Thames. The engine was used to cut the teeth of wheels or pinions, and could have been used to divide the scales of instruments.

Details

Category:
King George III
Object Number:
1927-1942
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy), wood (unidentified) and glass
type:
wheel-cutting engines
copyright:
Unlinked Name
credit:
King's College, London

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