Model demonstrating hydraulic steering gear

Model, approximate scale 1:24, demonstrating hydraulic steering gear on ship frame, patented by Alphonse Lafarque and Claude Martin in 1877, unsigned, British, 1877-1880

Details

Category:
Marine Engines
Object Number:
1907-36
Materials:
mahogany (wood), wood (unidentified) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
overall: 355 mm x 500 mm x 225 mm, 2.975kg
type:
model - representation and rudder
credit:
Ussher, E.