Mechanics Made Easy, Set B (Elliott and Hornby)

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Exhibit

Mechanics Made Easy, Set B (Elliott and Hornby)

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location:

Arch Two , Area 4
Meccano Construction Sets (display)


1907


A tinplate-boxed Mechanics Made Easy set, set B, made in 1907.

Monochrome version of the tin's colour artwork


The box lid is marked "E&H.", for "Elliott and Hornby"

Illustration

On the left, the lid shows a green-and-red Bing-style gauge 0 steam-powered model locomotive underneath an "MME" gantry crane, with some of the bracing diagonals executed as string running diagonally between the girder holes.

On the right is an illustration of a four-wheeled trolley or truck, executed in "MME" parts.