
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
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum