Model of a Ventilating Shaft and Portlight, Model of an air and light tube. Model of a part of a ship's wall, on a groundboard. The ship's wall consists of the skin, two wooden parts and the weight, the space between the wooden parts is the air duct, provided with a grid. The air duct opens into a deep conical porthole, completely covered with brass. The light from the porthole consists of a round glass with the convex, matte side facing out and sunk into the skin. Scale 1: 4 (scale on model)., Rijkswerf Vlissingen, Flushing, 1849, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), glass, h 27 cm × w

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