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Description: | Scale: Unknown. Model of a anchor chain compressor as proposed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, 1835. The model is made almost entirely of wood which has been lightly stained and finished with a matt varnish. The bed of the compressor is rectangular in shape with a stepped upper edge through which passes a pivoting, two part elliptical lever. Through the body of the compressor is a rounded grove which tapers from the centre out on either side an acts as a guide for the anchor chain to and from the chain locker and hawse pipe.
CA: AAB.
caption: Cable compressor - arm up
caption: Cable compressor - arm down
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich cable compressors Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum James Caird models (representations) Mercury Naval College (Mercury Collection) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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