Measuring the pitch of a blade

Vintage gelatin silver print by Maurice Broomfield titled "An operator measuring the pitch of the blade on a manganese bronze propeller at the Yoker works of Bull's Metal and Marine, Glasgow." Undated photograph. Broomfield's studio stamp and paper label on verso.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Andor Kraszna Krausz Collection
Object Number:
1990-5131/10626
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 296 mm x 247 mm
type:
photograph
credit:
Focal Press Collection, National Science and Media Museum