Sectioned model of the Gas Turbine fitted in the M.S. 'Auris'
- Made:
- 1951-1953 in Rugby and United Kingdom
Sectioned model, scale 1:8, of the marine gas turbine fitted in the M.S. 'Auris', (c. 1951), the first merchant ship to be fitted by gas-turbine propulsion, by British Thomson-Houston Company Limited, with glazed case on table stand (see note).
Details
- Category:
- Marine Engines
- Object Number:
- 1953-227
- Materials:
- complete, copper (alloy), steel (metal), aluminium (metal) and plastic (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 1600 mm x 920 mm x 320 mm,
- type:
- model - representation and turbine
- credit:
- Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.
