2648937. A MODEL OF AN A-FRAMED CONDENSING, STEAM BEAM ENGINE, CIRCA 1850.
Description
on tank bed, with governor, cylinder 57 x 140 (bore and stroke/mm), cast iron flywheel, 425 x 25 (diameter and width of face/mm), D-slide valve driven by single eccentric, fitted with jet condenser and air pump, plus boiler feed pump fed from hotwell, mahogany case 100.6cm x 42cm x 21cm, with a later wooden slatted base on castors, 103cm wide x 38.5cm deep x 48.5cm high
*** purchased from engineer and conservationist Jonathan Minns in the 1970s.
Condition
appears in generally good condition, functional at the time of writing, but functionality is not guaranteed.
2648937. A MODEL OF AN A-FRAMED CONDENSING, STEAM BEAM ENGINE, CIRCA 1850.
Description
on tank bed, with governor, cylinder 57 x 140 (bore and stroke/mm), cast iron flywheel, 425 x 25 (diameter and width of face/mm), D-slide valve driven by single eccentric, fitted with jet condenser and air pump, plus boiler feed pump fed from hotwell, mahogany case 100.6cm x 42cm x 21cm, with a later wooden slatted base on castors, 103cm wide x 38.5cm deep x 48.5cm high
*** purchased from engineer and conservationist Jonathan Minns in the 1970s.
Condition
appears in generally good condition, functional at the time of writing, but functionality is not guaranteed.