Hand-powered winch, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation

Made:: 1876 in Glasgow

maker:: James White

Hand-powered winch, plus attached wire cable, with a fitted winding handle, plus an unfitted winding handle, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation, patented by Sir William Baron Kelvin Thomson, British, 1876 and made by James White, Glasgow, Scotland, 1876

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Category:: Navigation

Object Number:: 1879-35/1

type:: winch

credit:: University of Glasgow

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Hand-powered winch, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation

Hand-powered winch, plus attached wire cable, with a fitted winding handle, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation, patented by Sir William Baron Kelvin Thomson, British, 1876 and made by James White, Glasgow, Scotland, 1876

Materials:: iron , steel (metal) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , hickory (wood) , paint and sisal

Object Number:: 1879-35/1/1

type:: winch

Winding handle {unfitted}

Winding handle {unfitted}, for hand-powered winch, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation, patented by Sir William Baron Kelvin Thomson, British, 1876 and made by James White, Glasgow, Scotland, 1876