EditorialTackle Board and Sledge for Rope Making, Two trolleys that together form a rope shop. One is for the tensioning of the strands, the other for the actual twisting. Both have a rectangular body on four wheels with a built-in drawer. The trolley for tensi...
EditorialModel of a Windlass, Model of a roasting spindle on a floorboard. The drum, suspended between two cheeks, has eight continuous holes for wind booms: the roasting spindle can also be operated with a single wind boom on the starboard cheek, which engages...
EditorialModel of a Windlass, Model of a roasting spindle on a floorboard. The drum, suspended between two cheeks, has no holes for wind booms: the roasting spindle is operated with a single wind boom on the starboard cheek, which engages a gear wheel with a pa...
EditorialModel of an Installation for Tarring Rope Yarn, Model of a device for tying cable yarns on a floorboard. The working of the model remains unclear. On one side a tar reservoir is suggested with two holes through which a rope can run. In the other half a...
EditorialModel of a Vessel with Paddle Wheels Amidships, Sketch model of a ship with midwheel wheels. On starboard the model is a nest model, on port side only two large trusses are fitted. The ship has two decks. The length of the ship is divided into two halv...
EditorialTackle board, sledge and top for making rope Tackle Board, Sledge and top for making rope a sledge for hitting the rope. The pivot stands on a heavy ground board and has a five-strand mechanism, a large sprocket that drives four small sprockets in the ...
EditorialModel of a Spinning Wheel for Spun Yarn, Model of a spinning yarn spinning device. Between two crosses a wheel is placed, consisting of a large sprocket in the middle and four small ones at the ends of the arms. The shafts of the small gears are extend...
EditorialTackle Board and Sledge for Rope Making, A rope-making shop consisting of a pivot pole for striking and tensioning the strands and a slide for striking the rope. The pivot pole stands on a heavy ground board and has a four-strand mechanism, a large spr...
EditorialModel of a Windlass, Model of a roasting spindle on a floorboard. The drum, suspended between two cheeks that form the roasting spindle with two servants each, only has starboard holes for wind trees: two continuous and four shallow holes. The roasting...