Object data
brass, glass and putty
height 80 cm × diameter 28 cm
Châtel Jeune
Signalling Lantern
Paris, 1875
Inscriptions
- inscription, at the base: CHÂTEL JEUNE / INGÉNIEUR CONSTRUCTEUR / BREVETÉ S.G.D.G. / PARIS
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1263
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Brass signalling lantern with Fresnel lens.
Inside it has a candleholder with a spring to ensure constant height of the flame, and at the back a parabolic mirror. The bottom of the candleholder rests in the closed cylindrical lower part of the lantern, and can be raised by applying air or steam pressure; the flame is then removed from the focus of the lens and the mirror.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1263
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Châtel Jeune, Signalling Lantern, Paris, 1875', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245075
(accessed 20 September 2024 13:48:56).