Object data
wood, brass and iron
model: height 107 cm × width 45 cm × depth 66.5 cm
packaging capsule: height 112.5 cm × width 77.7 cm × depth 59.8 cm
anonymous
Model of an Archimedean Screw
? Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1808
Provenance
...; collection Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1765-1837), Amsterdam, 1807;1 Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1837;2 transferred to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-52
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Demonstration model of an Archimedean screw.3 The screw is placed vertically in a wooden tank and is operated by gears by means of a handle. The raised water is led back into the tank over a short lip.
This model is probably one of two mentioned by Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1755-1837) as part of his private collection in 1807.4
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 52; R.M. Haubourdin et al., De physique existentie dezes lands. Jan Blanken, inspecteur-generaal van de waterstaat (1755-1838), exh. cat. Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum) 1987, no. 122
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of an Archimedean Screw, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1808', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.242777
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