Model of a Life-Saving Cart for Shipwrecks, Rescue device for rescue operations in the event of a 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 probably serves to promote the rotation of the wheels with the aid of the weight of the blades that fall. The wheels are driven by a gear in a wooden frame in the middle that has a transmission of 8/45 in the opposite direction., Rijkswerf Rotterdam (possibly), Rotterdam, 1832, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), rope, h 22.3 cm × w 50.5 cm × d 25.5 cm
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