Clockwork motor
Meccano
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, metal, cardboard and elastic
Measurements
Box - 78 mm (height); 52 mm (width), Motor - 80 mm (height); 45 mm (width), Instructions - 250 mm (height); 153 mm (width), Large key - 39 mm (height); 30 mm (width), Small key - 30 mm (height); 20 mm (width), Each rubber band (min) - 26 mm (diameter), Each rubber band (max) - 80 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Binns Road
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671439
Summary
A blue cardboard box with a printed picture of the motor on the front stating 'Meccano Magic Motor', manufactured by 'Meccano Ltd. Liverpool 13, England'. Also printed is 'M281 Meccano 'Magic' Clockwork Motor' on the base and lid. Inside is a blue metal motor with two merge keys and five black plastic bands, two large, one medium and one small. There is also a cream sheet printed in black ink giving instructions on how to use the Meccano Magic Motor. There are three diagrams on the front sheet with four diagrams on the reverse of the sheet. The writing on the front goes to the right with diagram one on the left, followed by writing on the left, a diagram to the right and, at the bottom of the page, a diagram on the right with writing to the right. Overleaf are four larger diagrams with a small amount of writing by them.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Miss R. Bousfield in October 1992.
Makers and roles
Meccano , maker