- Title:
- Sir Marc Isambard Brunel's circular loop wheel knitting machine for knitting hosiery
- Object name(s):
- circular knitting machine; circular knitting machine
- Brief description:
- Sir Marc Isambard Brunel's circular loop wheel knitting machine for knitting hosiery, patented in 1816 under the name Mark Brunel.
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated person:
- Marc Isambard Brunel
- Person's association:
- patentee
- Credit line:
- N. Corah and Sons Ltd.
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- ft
- Dimension value:
- 1 11/16
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- m
- Dimension value:
- 0.52
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- ft
- Dimension value:
- 3 15/16
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- m
- Dimension value:
- 1.2
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- kg
- Dimension value:
- 58
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- lbs
- Dimension value:
- 127.86878
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- ft
- Dimension value:
- 4 1/2
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- m
- Dimension value:
- 1.38
- Object name:
- circular knitting machine; circular knitting machine
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1816
- Date - latest:
- 1816
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1816
- Date - latest:
- 1816
- Object production person:
- Unknown maker
- Other number:
- 1897-137/1
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- M3008
- Other number type:
- South Kensington Museum 'M' Register number (now in Z Archive)
- Other number:
- No serial number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Textiles Machinery
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5edbeeee-3e7d-3590-adf2-4adda3eb494c
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5edbeeee-3e7d-3590-adf2-4adda3eb494c, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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