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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0145.008
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 8
- Total Parts
- 26
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Power sources
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF INDICATOR USED IN LATE 1800S +.
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
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TO TEST EFFICIENCY OF VALVES IN STEAM ENGINES, AND TO DETERMINE HORSE POWER DEVELOPED DURING OPERATION. - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF STEAM ENGINE INDICATOR, WHICH IS USED AS ARECORDING PRESSURE GAUGE. IT PLOTS STEAM PRESSURE AND PISTON DISPLACEMENT IN A RECIPROCATING STEAM ENGINE. THIS TYPE WAS RECOMMENDED FOR USE ON ORDINARY MARINE AND LAND STEAM ENGINES. THE EXTERNAL SPRING DESIGN ALLOWED THE SPRING TO REMAIN RELATIVELY COOL WHEN NOT IN USE, PRODUCED MORE ACCURATE RESULTS, AND PROLONGED THE LIFE OF THE SPRING. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "32", "C", "72", "P" & "J" (inside circle) incised on spring.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Coil, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1969.0145, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0145.008/
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