Engine model, steam
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CORLISS
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0953.001
- MANUFACTURER
- McMullen & Perkins Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- 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
- McMullen Perkins
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
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Unknown - Technical
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TECHNICALLY WELL EXECUTED MODEL OF CORLISS STEAM ENGINE, WHICH HAD SYSTEM OF OSCILLATING VALVES THAT ENABLED ENGINE SPEED TO BE CONTROLLED WITH MORE PRECISION. ONE OF FIRST APPLICATIONS OF STEAM ENGINE WAS TO DRIVE TESTILE MILLS & CORLISS' INVENTION WAS OF DIRECT BENEFIT THERE. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- No piston in cylinder
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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McMullen & Perkins Ltd., Engine model, steam, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1969.0953, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0953.001/
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