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