Ramsbottom speed indicator
- Made:
- 1860
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Speed indicator, Ramsbottom's velocimeter, 1860, mounted on plinth, consists of a closed glass tube half filled with oil which revolves on a vertical axis and is driven by a band from the trailing axle of the locomotive.
Details
- Category:
- Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
- Object Number:
- 1890-87
- Materials:
- glass
- type:
- speed indicator
- credit:
- Ramsbottom, John
