- 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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