H.C. Ørsted engine – compressor running
Compressor is filling the pressure tank. Compressed air is used to start the diesel engine. From its first trial run in 1933…
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H.C. Ørsted engine – compressor start
Starting the compressor. Compressed air is used to start the diesel engine. From its first trial run in 1933 and some 30…
G & F Cope tower clock
The sound of tower clock manufactured by G & F Cope. The recording was realized in the Tower Clock Museum, branch of…
Tower clock from Michal Miesowicz’s factory
The sound of tower clock manufactured in Michał Mięsowicz’s clock factory. The recording was realized in the Tower Clock Museum, branch of…
Quarter-hour tower clock
The sound of 18th-century quarter-hour tower clock. The recording was realized in the Tower Clock Museum, branch of Gdańsk History Museum (Poland).…
Tower clock from the vicinity of Gdańsk
The sound of the 17th-century tower clock from the vicinity of Gdańsk. The recording was realized in the Tower Clock Museum, branch…
Tower clock from the Holy Trinity Church in Gdańsk
The sound of the tower clock from the Holy Trinity Church in Gdańsk. The recording was realized in the Tower Clock Museum,…
Ship “Sołdek” – engine order telegraph
The sound of the engine order telegraph in the engine room of the steam ship “Sołdek”. The recording was realized on board…
Ship “Sołdek” – ship’s siren
The sound of ship’s siren on the steam ship “Sołdek”. The recording was realized on board of the ship-museum belonging to the…
Ship “Sołdek” – ship’s bell
The sound of ship’s bell on the steam ship “Sołdek”. The recording was realized on board of the ship-museum belonging to the…
Water smithy – twisting of a steel rod
The sound of manual twisting of a steel rod. The recording was realized in the historical water smithy in Gdańsk (Oliwa district)…
Water smithy – steel cutting
The sound of manual cutting of a piece of steel. The recording was realized in the historical water smithy in Gdańsk (Oliwa…
Water smithy – performing holes
The sound of manual punching of holes in hot steel. The recording was realized in the historical water smithy in Gdańsk (Oliwa…
Water smithy – punching of a stamp
The sound of manual punching of a stamp on hot steel. The recording was realized in the historical water smithy in Gdańsk…
Water smithy – forging with two hammers
The sound of manual forging of steel; two blacksmiths are alternately hitting hot steel placed on the anvil with hammers. The recording…
Water smithy – water hammer in operation
The sound of the water hammer hitting a hot piece of metal on the anvil. The recording was realized in the historical…