
Harpoon I Sounding Machine with Lead
Thomas Walker sounding machine with lead
Type of object:
Other instruments
Time period:
Britain rules the waves + France
Place:
London
Date:
1875
Maker / Author:
Thomas Walker
Publisher / Printer:
England, brass retailers plaque of H. Hughes, 59 Fenchurg Street, London.
Dimensions:
HWL case: 10,5×27,5×10,5 cm (4.1x11x4.1 in)
DW machine: 11×24 cm (4.2×9.5 in)
L lead: 18 cm (7 in)
Material:
Brass and lead in non-original wooden box
Graduation:
Inscription:
T. Walker’s Patent 343
Provenance:
Archipel antique Zoelmond Nederland 17/5/21
References:
Distance Run

Description
Walker’s brass depth log with two dials, one reading 0 to 30 fathoms and the other from 0 to 150 fathoms. The rotor is free to rotate as the log is lowered, but when the line is drawn up again a locking piece drops down and holds it in place. Stamped with anchor mark and signed T. Walker’s Patent and number 343. The lead has a piece of rope to be attatched at the sounding machine. On the lid of the original pine case remains of instructions. To the top of the lid a brass retailers plaque of H. Hughes, 59 Fenchurg Street, London.
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