- Title:
- S.S. ‘Great Britain’ 1:12 cut-away model
- Object name(s):
- model - representation; model - representation
- Brief description:
- Cut-away model, scale 1:12, of the screw engine of the S.S. ‘Great Britain’ original designed by I. K. Brunel, and two wooden components, unsigned, British, 1839-1862
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- watercraft
- Associated concept:
- model - representation
- Associated person:
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Person's association:
- association
- Associated place:
- England
- Place association:
- association
- Credit line:
- Messrs. Gibbs, Bright & Co.
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 38 3/16
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 970
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 37
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 940
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 50 3/8
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1280
- Material:
- aluminium
- Material:
- brass
- Material:
- glass
- Material:
- iron
- Material:
- paint
- Material:
- wood (unknown)
- Object name:
- model - representation; model - representation
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1843
- Date - latest:
- 1843
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1843
- Date - latest:
- 1843
- Object production place:
- United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1862-34
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 25543 L.S.
- Other number:
- N330
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Marine Engines
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ce0e5383-46c7-3c2e-90cb-f006fb59fcb7
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ce0e5383-46c7-3c2e-90cb-f006fb59fcb7, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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