Model Engineering Works
A model engineering works. Perhaps used for factory planning, the models are all magnetic so can be repositioned, and include lathes, drills, milling machines and grinders.
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Sir William Arrol Plan
Plan by William Arrol & Co for the John Brown shipyard, with perforated Arrol mark.
Model Offshore Wind Turbine
A metal model of a wind turbine, from the official opening ceremony of the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm, September 2010.
Model Sternframe and Rudder
A metal model ship’s sternframe and rudder, maker unknown, for a 15,500 tonnes bulk carrier.
Curta Type I Mechanical Calculator
A Type I Curta handheld mechanical calculator, the smallest mechanical calculator ever made – designed by Kurt Herzstark in the Buchenwald concentration camp, he survived because the Nazis wanted to present his invention to Hitler after the war.
ICI Nobel Magnadet Exploder
A Magnadet Exploder from Nobel’s Explosives Co. Ltd.
Longannet Presentation Model
A model of a coal crushing machine, presented to Francis Tombs (chairman of the South of Scotland Electricity Board) by the staff of Longannet Power Station on 17th March 1977.
McEwan’s Fountain Brewery Model
A model of the William McEwan & Co. Fountain Brewery in Edinburgh, from June 1941.
Model Foundry Crucible
A model of a foundry crucible, with tilting mechanism and a tapping device.
Nobel Detonator Tool
An explosives multi-tool from Nobel’s Explosives, with tools for cutting wire, crimping detonators, and poking a hole in the dynamite for the detonator.
Helicopter Rotor Blade Section
A section of a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter rotor blade, with a fibreglass honeycomb core and aluminium skin.