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Title:
Lignum Vitae Saw
Object name(s):
saw; saw
Brief description:
Lignum Vitae saw, yard No. 647, built by Henry Maudslay for the Block Mills, Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, 1804-1807.
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Associated person:
Portsmouth Dockyard
Person's association:
association details
Associated person:
Marc Isambard Brunel
Person's association:
designer
Associated place:
Portsmouth
Place association:
production or association role association details
Credit line:
Board of Admiralty
Dimension:
depth
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
55 1/8
Dimension:
depth
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
1400
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
132 11/16
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
3370
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
50 3/16
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
1275
Material:
cast iron
Material:
gunmetal
Material:
paint
Material:
wrought iron
Object name:
saw; saw
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1804
Date - latest:
1807
Object production date:
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1804
Date - latest:
1807
Object production person:
Maudslay, Henry
Object production place:
London
Other number:
1948-138/1
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
116/74/7
Other number type:
file number
Responsible department/section:
SCM - Hand and Machine Tools

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/dad648da-7673-3404-8a82-1a6388d2a403

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/dad648da-7673-3404-8a82-1a6388d2a403, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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