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Model of an Optical Telegraph for Ships, Model of an optical telegraph. Schematic model of an optical telegraph, on a pedestal. The pole, although rectangular in cross-section, represents a mast and rod to which the moving parts are attached. These consist of two folding arms at the bottom and an oval plate at the top, which can be folded up and down rotating around a hinge, all parts are moved with ropes that run down disks in the mast., Engelbert Lucas, Netherlands, 1835, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), rope, h 48.6 cm × w 15.3 cm × d 10.1 cm.

Model of an Optical Telegraph for Ships, Model of an optical telegraph. Schematic model of an optical telegraph, on a pedestal. The pole, although rectangular in cross-section, represents a mast and rod to which the moving parts are attached. These consist of two folding arms at the bottom and an oval plate at the top, which can be folded up and down rotating around a hinge, all parts are moved with ropes that run down disks in the mast., Engelbert Lucas, Netherlands, 1835, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), rope, h 48.6 cm × w 15.3 cm × d 10.1 cm.
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Caption: Model of an Optical Telegraph for Ships, Model of an optical telegraph. Schematic model of an optical telegraph, on a pedestal. The pole, although rectangular in cross-section, represents a mast and rod to which the moving parts are attached. These consist of two folding arms at the bottom and an oval plate at the top, which can be folded up and down rotating around a hinge, all parts are moved with ropes that run down disks in the mast., Engelbert Lucas, Netherlands, 1835, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), rope, h 48.6 cm × w 15.3 cm × d 10.1 cm
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Image size: 4508 × 6460 px | 83.3 MB
Print size: 38.2 × 54.7 cm | 1774.8 × 2543.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 1835 • ALLOY • ALTHOUGH RECTANGULAR • ATTACHED • BACKSIDE • BOTTOM • BRASS • BUTT • CONSIST • CROSS CUT • CROSS-CUT • CROSS-SECTION • DOWN ROTATING • ENGELBERT LUCAS • FOLDED UP • HINGE • MAIL • MAST • MATT • MODEL • MOVED • MOVING PARTS • NETHERLANDS • OPTICAL TELEGRAPH • OVAL PLATE • PARTS • PEDESTAL • PLANT MATERIAL • POLE • POST • REPRESENTS • ROD • ROPE • ROPES • RUN DOWN DISKS • SCHEMATIC MODEL • SHIP • SHIPS BOW • SHIPS • TOP • TWO FOLDING ARMS • WOOD