Whitworth measuring machine in glass case with 2 'V' plates

Made:
Manchester
maker:
Joseph Whitworth and Company Limited

Whitworth measuring machine in glass case with 2 'V' plates, a mahogany box of measuring heads and an open spanner and a ring spanner.

Details

Category:
Industrial Metrology
Object Number:
1965-132
type:
micrometer comparator.
credit:
Board of Trade

Parts

Whitworth measuring machine in glass case

Whitworth measuring machine in glass case

Whitworth measuring machine in glass case with 2' V' plates; 1880

Measurements:
overall MACHINE ONLY: 12.5984 x 27.3622 x 8.0709 in.; 320 x 695 x 205 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
1965-132/1
type:
micrometer comparator.
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Box of Whitworth measuring heads

Box of Whitworth measuring heads

Box of Whitworth measuring heads and a open spanner and a ring spanner for use with the measuring machine.

Measurements:
case: 2.3622 x 10.2362 x 2.9921 in.; 6 x 26 x 7.6 cm
Materials:
mahoganny wood and steel
Object Number:
1965-132/2
type:
measuring heads for micrometer comparator.
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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