Purpose built wooden stand for four trussed beam models
- Made:
- 1855-1876 in United Kingdom
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Purpose built wooden stand for four trussed beam models, and one oak wood fragment, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1855-1876. The trussed beam models were probably used experimentally for testing the strength of different methods of trussing beams.
Details
- Category:
- Motive Power
- Object Number:
- 1876-1246/5
- Materials:
- pine (wood), steel (metal) and oak (wood)
- Measurements:
-
overall (stand): 165 mm x 565 mm x 470 mm, 0.903kg
overall (oak wood fragment): 4 mm x 43 mm x 26 mm, 0.005kg
- type:
- model - representation
