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Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

Whitworth standard wire gauge

1869 to 1897

Whitworth Lathe Components

Whitworth Measuring Machine

1889

Whitworth Screw stock taps

1850-1857

3/4" screwing tap spanner

1850-1857

internal and external gauges

1835-1865

Homogeneous metal made by Whitworth and Co.

before 1889

3 spanners 7/16"

Pitch tie up attachment to hold gauge to check screw pitch dimensions before and after screw reversal

Whitworth pitch-measuring machine, 1902

1902

Three screw die sets: 1/2", 5/8" and 1", with three pieces per set, for bolt manufacture

1850-1857

Four screwing tap sets: 1/2", 5/8", 3/4", and 1"; for nut fastener manufacture

1850-1857

Machine Parts made by Joseph Whitworth and Company Limited

Box of Gauges with Spanners and a Tool Piece

Bar of steel manufactured by Whitworth and Co., marked W.Y.4, worked up into a turning tool

before 1889

Box of Standardised Screw Threads

Bench micrometer made by Joseph Whitworth and Company Limited

1889

Lockable case for Bench micrometer made by Joseph Whitworth and Co.

1883

Bench micrometer made by Joseph Whitworth and Co.

1883

J. Whitworth & Co. Lathe

circa 1876

Whitworth's workshop length measuring machine for measuring to an accuracy of 1/40,000 inch.

Whitworth's workshop length measuring machine for measuring to an accuracy of 1/40

1871

Engraving of Whitworth's planing machine

Engraving of Whitworth's planning machine

1839

James Cocker's patent decimal gauge (micrometer) from his original patent of 1857 no. 1680, modified by Messrs. Joseph Whitworth and Co. to gauge 0 to 2 inches reading to thousandths of an inch (Whitworth Works no. 119)

James Cocker's patent decimal gauge (micrometer) from his original patent of 1857 no. 1680

earliest 1857

Adjustable die wrench by Whitworth fitted with a set of 3/4" dies

Adjustable die wrench

1850-1857

7/8"screw die in three parts

7/8"screw die in three parts, for bolt manufacture

1850-1857

Engraving of Whitworth's lathe

Engraving, of Joseph Whitworth's lathe

1835

Gauge (24''), in wooden case with lid. Manufactured by Joseph Whitworth and Company Limited. Used by Huptric & Sons.

Gauge (24'') in Wooden Case

Tap & Die Set, British Standard Pipe Thread, Whitworth form, in sizes 1 1/2",1 1/4",1",3/ 4", comprising 1xTaper, 1xPlug, 1xMaster Tap in each size and 1x3-piece die in each size, with 1xdie stock, 1xopen ended spanner and two tap wrenches, all in wooden fitted box.

Tap & Die Set

Incomplete set of parts for Whitworth measuring machine

Parts for Whitworth measuring machine

Three tap wrenches each for a set size of tap tang, one for taps 7/16" across square,1/2" and 5/8" across square.

Three tap wrenches: 7/16", 1/2" and 5/8" across square

1850-1857

Whitworth measuring machine in glass case with 2 'V' plates, a mahogany box of measuring heads and an open spanner and a ring spanner.

Whitworth measuring machine in glass case with 2 'V' plates

Red metal steel manufactured in 1876 by Whitworth and Co., and made up into a form suitable for testing the tensil strength by hydraulic pressure

Red metal steel manufactured in 1876 by Whitworth and Co.

before 1889

Whitworth screwing machine, 1849

Whitworth screwing machine, 1849

1849

Whitworth lathe, J. Whitworth and Co, Manchester No. 765, c. 1860

Whitworth lathe

Whitworth end measuring machine, painted red, the headstock is engraved No 91, 1897.

Whitworth end measuring machine

1897

Early Whitworth 6" lathe, complete with change wheels and contershaft

Early Whitworth 6" lathe

Whitworth workshop measuring machine, capable of measuring to 1/40000 inch

Measuring Machine

1871

Wooden box for James Cocker's patent decimal gauge (micrometer), unmarked, United Kingdom, 1857

Wooden box for James Cocker's patent decimal gauge (micrometer)

earliest 1857

Engraving of Whitworth's Patent Self Acting Boring and Drilling machine

Patent Self Acting Boring and Drilling Machine

1833-57

James Cocker's patent decimal gauge (micrometer), and wooden box, unmarked, United Kingdom, 1857

decimal micrometer

1857

Flat-bed knitting machine by Joseph Whitworth and Company Limited, England, 1846.

Flat Bed Knitting Machine

1846

Whitworth 5" lathe, 1843

Whitworth 5" lathe, 1843