Carriage Odometer
Country
England
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Description
Carriage odometer used to calculate the distance travelled by carriages or wagons. They were often used by surveyors, but also by companies such as Cobb & Co interested in the distances travelled on the road.
Classification
TRANSPORT Horse carriage
SURVEYING Terrestrial
SURVEYING Terrestrial
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Production place
Measurements
H50 x Dia78 mm
Media/Materials description
Brass
Steel
Leather
Steel
Leather
Signature/Marks
<AP GREENFIELD & Co.Ld\ BRISBANE & TOWNSVILLE\ Made in England>inscribed
History and use
Carriage odometers were used by surveyors and transport operators to calculate distances travelled. The carriage odometer attached to a wheel spoke counted the number of wheel revolutions. Distance travelled equalled this number by the wheel circumference.
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Registration number
H49429
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