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Hague's atmospheric tilt hammer - stock code 8859

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Hague's atmospheric tilt hammer
Hague's atmospheric tilt hammer
Hague's atmospheric tilt hammer
Hague's atmospheric tilt hammer
Hague's atmospheric tilt hammer
Hague's atmospheric tilt hammer
Hague's atmospheric tilt hammer
Hague's atmospheric tilt hammer
Hague's atmospheric tilt hammer
Hague's atmospheric tilt hammer
A finely-made model of Hague's atmospheric tilt hammer - the name alone worth inventing a machine for.

Originally described by John Hague in his patent of 1827. In an article published nearly seventy years later in "The Engineer" of August 8th, 1899 the writer recalled seeing, whilst an apprentice:

"a small tilt of this kind, intended for planishing the bottoms of frying pans and such like matters, put to work, with the result the hammer disappeared. The reciprocations were many hundreds a minute, and thus the outline of the hammer was entirely lost, and nothing but a mere 'blur' resulted"

Often wondered what became of all the frying pan planishers.

length/inches 6 1/2
width/inches 4 1/2
height/inches 6 1/2