Sounding Lead, anonymous, c. 1810

Sounding Lead, anonymous, c. 1810

lead, iron and rope, l 125.5cm Catalogue entry

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Catalogue entry

Identification

Title(s)

Sounding Lead

Object type

sounding lead

Object number

NG-MC-1330

Description

Dieplood met strop. Het bovendeel is van ijzer en heeft een gleuf en gaten voor de bevestiging van een telwerk. Onder in een gat voor het nemen van bodemmonsters.

Creation

Artist

maker: anonymous

Place

Netherlands (possibly)

Dating

c. 1810

Material and Technique

Physical features

lead, iron and rope

Material

Measurements

length 125.5 cm

Explanatory note

Edward Masseys dieplood, het eerste commercieel succesvolle mechanische dieplood, werd in 1802 gepatenteerd. Het was gebaseerd op de werking van Masseys mechanisch log.

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1883

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Telwerk voor dieplood
AC-00071131object | reproductionobject | reproductieMC321-CRM0001.COLLECT.1500071130

Documentation

An inventory of the navigation and astronomy collections in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, cat.nr. 13
Der Farbstich, Albert 1899-1976 Haemmerle, dl. 2, p. 318, bijlage 5, nr. 8
A.Treherne, The Massey Family, Newcastle under Lyas 1977.

Persistent URL

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