Object data
galvanized iron, brass, copper and rope
length 27 cm (average)
(1): diameter 5.1 cm
(2): diameter 2.6 cm
(3): diameter 1.9 cm
(4): diameter 1.6 cm
(5): diameter 1.5 cm
anonymous
Five Samples of Cable
? Netherlands, c. 1860 - c. 1887
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1889
Object number: NG-MC-1889-77
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Five samples of cable, four made of galvanised iron of different diameters (1-4), one made of copper (5). All samples have brass rings holding the ends together. The iron cables are all cable laid, consisting of six strands around a wire heart strand, strands and heart consisting of six wires shroud-laid around a seventh. The copper cable is also cable-laid, consisting of six shroud-laid strands around a rope heart strand. The strands again consist of six wires around a rope heart.
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Five Samples of Cable, Netherlands, c. 1860 - c. 1887', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245315
(accessed 23 November 2024 15:01:07).