Part of a spoke of a cast-iron spoked car wheel, showing a hollow cavity in its interior

Made:: 1881 in Edinburgh

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Part of a spoke of a cast-iron spoked car-wheel
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Part of a spoke of a cast-iron spoked car-wheel, which shows a hollow cavity in its interior, made at the London Road Foundry, Edinburgh, 1881, communicated by H. Louis

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Category:: Metallurgy

Object Number:: 1889-164/3636

type:: specimen

credit:: John Percy Collection

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Part of a spoke of a cast-iron spoked car wheel, showing a hollow cavity in its interior

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