Keywords: Lantern Slide - Tangyes Ltd, Chain & Cable Testing Machine, circa 1910.jpg Tangye metal chain testing machine designed to test and break chains cables and wire ropes of up to 75 feet in length As supplied to the India Office for the Marine Department Bombay A similar machine was suppled to the Calcutta Harbour Trust Full length of machine not shown in this image Size mm 83 83 3 exhibition history Text printed in black ink on white adhesive paper label over black mask TANGYES BIRMINGHAM Institution Museum Victoria Lantern Slide Black White object history One of 239 glass lantern slides depicting products manufactured by Tangyes Limited engineers of Birmingham England The images include various products such as engines centrifugal pumps hydraulic pumps gas producers materials testing machines presses machine tools hydraulic jacks etc Tangyes was a company which operated from 1857 to 1957 They produced a wide variety of engineering products exported worldwide including Australia and other British colonies It is thought that this collection of magic lantern slides was used by a local agent for sales purposes These images were originally used to illustrate Tangyes Ltd product catalogues from the period 1910 - circa 1920s PD-Australia author http //collections museumvictoria com au/items/803578 Info http //collections museumvictoria com au/content/media/0/433950-original jpg Image Uploaded with GWToolset Lantern Slide - Tangyes Ltd Chain Cable Testing Machine circa 1910 http //collections museumvictoria com au/content/media/0/433950-original jpg Tangyes Lantern Slide Collection |