Galvanised iron canister

Made:: 1876 in Glasgow

maker:: James White

Galvanised iron canister, with galvanised iron tank lid, for winch wire cable, 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:: 1879-35/3

Materials:: galvanised iron

type:: canisters

credit:: University of Glasgow

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Galvanised iron canister

Galvanised iron canister, for winch wire cable, 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:: cast iron and zinc plate

Object Number:: 1879-35/3/1

type:: canister

Galvanised iron canister lid, for winch wire tank, part of Ocean depth-sounding machine, for marine vessel navigation

Galvanised iron canister lid, 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