Monster van staal

John Heaton, 1868

Monster van Heatons staal, vervaardigd van middelmatig ijzer. Het is een staafje met vierkante doorsnee van ½ Engelse duim, de uiteinden afgebroken of gescheurd.

  • Soort kunstwerkmonster (object)
  • ObjectnummerNG-MC-1232
  • Afmetingenhoogte 1,4 cm x breedte 10,3 cm x diepte 1,4 cm
  • Fysieke kenmerkenstaal

John Heaton

Sample of Steel

United Kingdom, 1868

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1232


Entry

Sample of Heaton’s steel, made from medium iron. It is a small bar measuring half of a square inch in section, broken or torn at the ends.

The inventory describes this sample as the gift of a Mr Seekel.1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1232.


Literature

‘Heaton’s Steel Converting Apparatus’, Mechanic’s Magazine, London 1868, pp. 350-51; J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1232


Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'John Heaton, Sample of Steel, United Kingdom, 1868', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054195

(accessed 12 December 2025 22:24:07).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1232.