fv1609 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) Any ideas about the date of this machine & its purpose? Edited November 17, 2009 by Marmite!! Photo links repaired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Any ideas about the date of this machine & its purpose? Clive, Mounted on deck of a ship, for measuring depth to sea bed, with a chain. Date, about 1913 :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Rope making/splicing :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Power Take Off for a cuckoo clock :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poptopshed Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Prototype powered conker swinging machine? :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Hardyferret Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Question please Clive When you wind the handles does some sort of guage / indication divice activate in the top? I do enjoy these brain teasers but the hair is now getting thin after all the head rubbing. At this rate I will have to skin one of the dogs to make myself a wig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 Question please Clive When you wind the handles does some sort of guage / indication divice activate in the top? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poptopshed Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Just noticed it has a duplicate pendulum thing on the other side. Some sort of leveling device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 semaphore (sp) device? Is it deck mounted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Early form of gradiometer for the artillery???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 (edited) I have to confess out of curiosity I let this one run a bit as Richard got in the first post! Mounted on deck of a ship, for measuring depth to sea bed, with a chain. Date, about 1913 It is is in fact the Kelvin Mk IV Sounding Machine that was standard equipment with the Royal Navy in 1937. I went to the trouble of removing the labels but, I am not sure if it would have made it any easier seeing it like this? Edited November 17, 2009 by Marmite!! Photo links repaired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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