Model of a Life-Saving Cart for Shipwrecks, Rijkswerf Rotterdam (possibly), 1832 demonstration model Rescue device for rescue operations at shipwreck on a beach. It is a two -wheeled car with the wheels in the middle; The wheels have seven double spokes, around which blades are mounted, which can move up and down: this device is likely to promote the rotation of the wheels with the help of the weight of the wheels that falls. The wheels are powered by a needle in a wooden framework in the middle, which has a transfer of 8/45 in the opposite direction. Rotterdam wood (plant material). brass (al


Model of a Life-Saving Cart for Shipwrecks, Rijkswerf Rotterdam (possibly), 1832 demonstration model Rescue device for rescue operations at shipwreck on a beach. It is a two -wheeled car with the wheels in the middle; The wheels have seven double spokes, around which blades are mounted, which can move up and down: this device is likely to promote the rotation of the wheels with the help of the weight of the wheels that falls. The wheels are powered by a needle in a wooden framework in the middle, which has a transfer of 8/45 in the opposite direction. Rotterdam wood (plant material). brass (alloy). rope


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