Component, Timepiece

Object ID:
1959.11131.89
Community:
Massachusetts, Hancock
Description

A brass wheel with a steel pinion. At the end of the pinion is a brass wheel with six spokes and teeth around the outside edge. Below the wheel there is a maintenance cam, which has two convex sides and two sides that are flat with a notch. Attached to the cam are two brass pegs. Below the cam at the other end of the pinion is a wheel comprising steel pegs in between two brass disks.

Massachusetts Hancock

Massachusetts Hancock

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Shaker Museum Component, Timepiece. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=22044. Accessed on November 29, 2024

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