Winch seems right. The picture appears to be similar to the lifting assembly used on cable system for hauling logs uphill. Take a look at old episodes of "Axmen" on History Channel.
If it is one of these, it is presently stood up on end. B On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Daniel Rogge <[email protected]> wrote: > To follow up on this off-topic thread, my librarian friend contacted the > curator of the museum and got the following response about the machine in > this collage http://www.flickr.com/photos/60584010@N00/4304142095/ > > > > > Quoting "Davor Kernel" <>: > > > >> Hello! > >> > >> About machine in the middle of collage of Černigoj: > >> > >> After the conviction of the Honorable colleague, dr. Vižintin > (University of > >> Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering), this is a portable winch, > >> which can be used for lifting loads in the construction, forestry or > >> elsewhere. The winch can have inner gearwheel or belt transmision. > >> > >> The picture: lower, brake shaft, that juts out, is prepared to fix > somekind > >> of winding up drum, small handle in the middle is used as a handle for > hand > >> or manual drive. Regarding to the year (1925), Černigoj probably wanted > to > >> show utility for the manipulation or supply of apartments in higher > floors > >> in the neighbourhood or even on the streets. > >> I hope You will be content with my expalnation. > >> > >> Excuse me, if some technical terms are not so clear and understandable. > >> > >> > >> Davor Kernel > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Anna Fulton [] > >> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 11:12 PM > >> To: Davor Kernel > >> Subject: Re: question about August Cernigoj image > >> > >> Hello Davor - > >> > >> Yes, please. Thank you very much for your time! I've asked about 10 > >> engineers and all of them have given me drastically different guesses. > >> This piece of art has definitely piqued our interested and we're > >> interested to learn more about the collage! > >> > >> Anna Fulton > >> > >> > >> On 4/11/2013 4:07 PM, Davor Kernel wrote: > >>> Hello! > >>> > >>> Thank You for Your question. If You want to give me few days, I will > >>> try to find an answer. I travel around Slovenia (work). When I will > >>> come back, I will send You an answer. > >>> About Cernigoj: > >>> > >>> He was faithful to Constructivism and its principles which became his > >>> main direction after he completed his studies in the renowned Bauhaus > >>> School in Weimar. His motives include figural representations, objects > >>> and pure abstract works. > >>> > >>> Cernigoj was also experimenting with different kind of machinery, > >>> especially in the period of the Constructivism (1923 - 1929), so it is > >>> not unusuall to see this kind of art works. > >>> > >>> With best wishes, > >>> > >>> Davor Kernel > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna Fulton" > >>> To: < > > >>> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 7:19 PM > >>> Subject: question about August Cernigoj image > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hello Mr. Kernel - > >>>> > >>>> My name is Anna Fulton and I am a librarian at the University of > >>>> in the US. I have an art student who is trying to identify > >>>> a piece of machinery located in the center of Cernigoj's La Strada > >>>> Collage from 1925. I have asked a number of engineers at the > >>>> university and none of them can identify the piece. Do you know > >>>> what it is? I have provided a link to the image. > >>>> > >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/60584010@N00/4304142095/ > >>>> > >>>> Thank you for your help! > >>>> > >>>> Sincerely, > >>>> > >>>> Anna Fulton > >>>> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt > New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service > that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your > browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic > and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
