Summary
Alternative Name(s): 'Victorian Tom' or 'Jenny Lind Tom'
Model of a Miner's 'Board Tom' and ripple board for treating auriferous alluvium. It was made at the Industrial & Technological Museum by A.H. Sell in 1926. Sell was a carpenter temporarily employed by the Museum.
Physical Description
Model Scale is 1:8. On wooden platform there is a trough which widens as it slopes down towards a board with several ridges in it.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Industrial & Technological Museum, Jan 1926
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Maker
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Commissioned By
Industrial & Technological Museum, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1926
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Classification
Mining & metallurgy, Ore dressing - alluvial gold, Model sluicing equipment
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Type of item
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Model Scale
1:8
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