Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer
- maker:
- Henry Maudslay
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LicenseMicrometer made by Henry Maudslay about 1805. Detail view
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Micrometer made by Henry Maudslay about 1805
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Micrometer made by Henry Maudslay about 1805.
Maudslay kept a bench micrometer, nicknamed 'The Lord Chancellor’ as it was considered the ultimate 'court of appeal’ for work in his shops. This small example may be a model built to help plan the construction of a larger machine, or a small example that was never completed.
Details
- Category:
- Industrial Metrology
- Object Number:
- 1900-75
- Materials:
- brass and steel
- type:
- micrometer
- credit:
- Maudsley, Sons and Field
