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Model of Robert Duncan's screw propeller, with stern frame and rudder, as fitted to the Egyptian government yacht 'Sareea

Model of Robert Duncan's screw propeller, with stern frame and rudder, as fitted to the Egyptian government yacht 'Sareea

1886-1887
Model on teak base, illustrating action of control valve of Browns steam tiller steering gear

Model on teak base, illustrating action of control valve of Browns steam tiller steering gear

1911-1921
Sectional model of built-up stern post and rudder S. S. 'Stentor'

Sectional model of built-up stern post and rudder S. S. 'Stentor'

1914-1915
Carrying box for model illustrating Kitchen's patent reversing rudder with Bell Crank Operating Gear

Carrying box for model illustrating Kitchen's patent reversing rudder with Bell Crank Operating Gear

1914-1919
Model of Henry Jarman's steering gear

Model of Henry Jarman's steering gear

1907
Working model, scale 1:12, of John Rapson's patented slide steering gear (c.1839), displayed on a structural model of a 'Formidable' class battleship, by Science Museum Workshops, South Kensington, London, England, 1890-1908

Model of John Rapson's slide steering gear

1890-1908
Articulated model, scale 1:4, illustrating Messrs. Kitchen and Storey's patent reversing rudders with Bell Crank Operating Gear (c.1914), used in small screw-propelled steam vessels, made by Kitchen's Reversing Rudder Company, 1914-1919, in box (see note).

Model illustrating Kitchen's patent reversing rudder with Bell Crank Operating Gear

1914-1919
Hand-cranked model, scale 1:12, of the marine type turbine double reduction gears, reducing from 3000 to 70 RPM, with Michell thrust bearing, as fitted to the SS ' America' (c.1919), by the Power Plant Company Ltd., West Drayton, Middlesex, England, 1919-1922

Model of marine type turbine double reduction gears with Michell thrust bearing

1919-1922
Sectional model, scale 1:2, of a small steam 'quartermaster' steering gear, patented and made by the Harrison Steering Engine Company, Manchester, Lancashire, England, 1883

Model of small size steering gear

1893
Rigged model of a 'Sun' or 'Malar' type river trading boat from the Burmese-Malay border, with one mast and standive live-sail, Burmese quarter-rudder and decorated stern.

Model of Sun boat of Malar type, Burmese quarter-rudder

1850-1880
Working model of HG Cameron's patent steering gear (c.1894) operated by a Rapson slide with two Newton meters, by Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd., Deptford, 1894-1913

Working model of HG Cameron's patent steering gear

1894-1913
Rudder with ropes for Cambridge University racing eight, by Sims and Sons of Putney, London, English, 1934

Rudder and Ropes for Cambridge University Racing Eight, 1934

1934
Working model, scale 1:16, of the gearing for a screw shaft used to adapt paddle engines, as fitted to the S.S. ''Simla'' (1854), designed by G. Des Vignes Esq., unsigned, 1854-1924

Model of engine gearing of S.S. "Simla"

1854-1924
Model, approximate scale 1:24, demonstrating hydraulic steering gear on ship frame, patented by Alphonse Lafarque and Claude Martin in 1877, unsigned, British, 1877-1880

Model demonstrating hydraulic steering gear

1877-1880