Lot Essay
Formerly from the Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Limited Collection
Details
A complex integrator,
unsigned, possibly by Amsler, the motion comprised of two geared wheels with micrometer sub-divided read-out cylinders geared to an arc with similar fine read-out attachment, the main frame with marbled finish, incorporating two 'knife-edge' trammel wheels, raised on a shaped table support, one arm extending from the frame with chart pointer, arranged via an articulated secondary beam located in a shaped bracket, the whole mounted on a mahogany display board -- 24in. (61cm.) high
See Illustration
unsigned, possibly by Amsler, the motion comprised of two geared wheels with micrometer sub-divided read-out cylinders geared to an arc with similar fine read-out attachment, the main frame with marbled finish, incorporating two 'knife-edge' trammel wheels, raised on a shaped table support, one arm extending from the frame with chart pointer, arranged via an articulated secondary beam located in a shaped bracket, the whole mounted on a mahogany display board -- 24in. (61cm.) high
See Illustration