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Title:
Portsmouth block-making machine, Cross cut saw, 1805.
Object name(s):
powered saw; powered saw
Brief description:
Belt driven pendulum, cross cut saw, Ref.No. 681, with 3ft. diameter blade, one of Portsmouth block-making machines
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Credit line:
Board of Admiralty
Dimension:
weight
Dimension measurement unit:
kg
Dimension value:
2336.947
Dimension:
weight
Dimension measurement unit:
lbs
Dimension value:
5152.11314
Material:
cast iron
Material:
wrought iron
Material:
gunmetal
Material:
paint
Material:
oak (wood)
Material:
steel (metal)
Object name:
powered saw; powered saw
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1800
Date - latest:
1810
Object production date:
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1805
Date - latest:
1805
Object production person:
Maudslay, Henry
Object production place:
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Other number:
1949-256
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
116/79/4
Other number type:
file number
Responsible department/section:
SCM - Hand and Machine Tools

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/42ee241d-3e16-349f-97b2-d85c03849b43

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/42ee241d-3e16-349f-97b2-d85c03849b43, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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