Mainspring
Red card box containing relics of the 1921-22 restoration, including four pieces of paper packing found lining the outer case of H4 (apparently the remains of a receipt, one part dated 1752) and one piece of the original mainspring, 42mms long and scratched 'No.4'. Also one labelled piece of the maintaining spring of H4, found broken and removed in 1945.
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Object Details
ID: | ZAA0854 |
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Collection: | Timekeeping |
Type: | Mainspring |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Harrison, John; Gould, Rupert Thomas |
Date made: | Unknown |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 17 x 100 x 71 x 40 mm |
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