Log, taffrail
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SELF-RECORDING/ELECTRIC
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0438.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Walker, Thomas & Son Ltd.
- MODEL
- EXCELSIOR IV
- LOCATION
- Birmingham, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- W4880
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 12
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL ROTATORS/ BRASS, CAST IRON & GLASS REGISTER/ TIN.6/ WOODEN BOX/ GLASS/ FIBRE LINE/ LEATHER STRAP/ PAPER LABELS & WRAPPING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 41.9 cm
- Width
- 27.9 cm
- Height
- 14.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Navigation instruments & equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Walker
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Birmingham
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
DEVICE USED TO MEASURE THE SPEED OF A VESSEL THROUGH WATER OR THE DISTANCE SHE SAILED IN A GIVEN TIME - Technical
-
THOMAS WALKER IS A NAME WIDELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF THE PATENT OR SELF RECORDING LOG - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON FACE IS: 'WALKERS/ "EXCELSIOR" IV/ ELECTRIC LOG/ Made in England by Thos. Walker & Son, Ltd. Birmingham'/ INCISED INTO UNDERSIDE IS: 'W4480'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- GLASS FACE, RED PAINTED UNDERSIDE, REMAINDER EITHER BRASS OR PAINTED BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Walker, Thomas & Son Ltd., Log, taffrail, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1970.0438, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0438.001/
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