Polished Ship’s Taffrail Spinner Logs

Varnished wood block with two polished brass wheels and steel hardware. Awesome maritime antique relic. Weight: 1 lb. Overall Dimensions: 6"H x 3"W x 2"D Made: Material: Wood, Brass ...

Monumental nautical rolling rule in very good condition. Highly polished. Smooth wheels and gears. Finger knobs are present. This is a big, heavy instrument. Circa 1930. 18 lbs. 36'H...

Solid brass ships throttle on stand. Highly polished and lacquered. Twin handle design. Weighs 92 pounds. Height is 39 by 8 by 9. Mounted to a 17 inch sq...

Polished and lacquered yacht pulley with two attached steel hooks. Weight is 1 pound. X-131

Log o solcometro contamiglia nautico in ottone a forma di harpoon, signed T. Walker's Patent Harpoon Ship Log A 1 London , from the second half of the 1800s. It is an ancient nautical instrument, very rare and with a characteristic shape, which measured the distance and speed of a ship. Veniva gettato fuori bordo e trascinato dietro la nave stessa; ruotando grazie alla sua elica, trasmetteva il numero di giri fatti su se stesso ai tre quadranti realizzati su una placca in metallo smaltato posta al centro del log; i quadranti riportavano le misurazioni in miglia da 0 a 100 in decine, da 0 a 10 in unità, da 0 a 1 in quarti. I dati venivano poi letti ogni ora per ricavare anche la velocità. Good condition replaced flap perfectly working and mounted on custom-made brass wood base. Measurements length cm 54 - 21.2 in, propeller diameter cm 13 - 5.1 in. The last photo is the gift box. In past centuries, the attempt to measure the speed of ships was severely hampered mainly by the 'unavailability of time-measuring instruments of sufficient accuracy: by throwing a piece of wood overboard from the bow of a ship and measuring the time it took to reach the stern, it was possible to obtain some information about the speed of the ship itself, but with many errors and inaccuracies. The principle of the mechanical solcometer was explained to the Royal Society in 1699 by Robert Hooke, but the first model produced for commercial use was not patented until 1802 by Edward Massey...

A Vintage Prop-Spinner from an early 1950s navy Neptune patrol plane.

nice set of 2 wall sconces with sailing ships in front of sanded glass.

Vintage Boot Pulls. A pair of steel boot pulls with turned decorative bone handles. The pulls with nicely shaped hooks. Dimensions: Height 19 cm ...