Engine model, steam
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LAP
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1971.0011.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SEVERN LAMB MODEL MAKERS
- MODEL
- WATTS BEAM
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wood/brass
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 73.6 cm
- Width
- 48.2 cm
- Height
- 91.4 cm
- 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
- SEVERN
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Severn-Lamb was commissioned to build a working model of the original Watts beam engine displayed in the London Museum by the Canadian Museum of Science and Technology - Function
-
Model of the original Watts Beam engine, incorporated all of Watts' inventions and improvements that enabled the steam engine to be a prime industrial mover. - Technical
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Model built from drawings of original Watt engine on display in Science Museum, London. Technological improvements in Watt's engine included separate condenser, sun & planet drive, double-acting piston working expansively, first rotative engine, parallel link motion, flyball governor, enabling engine speed to be governed automatically according to load. Lap engine; contained a separate condenser which could increase the efficiency if the cylinder was kept hot, a rotary engine which could be used for other applications, and a sun and valve gear (two cogwheels held in a mesh by a link). Electric powered model. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- none apparent
- Finish
- Engine pieces on brown wood beams/ large eight spoke flywheel with brass teeth/ small tooth wheel on its axle as wheel turns another small toothed wheel same size/ rotates around it attached to this rotating wheel is an arm which moves the beam in a teeter totter motion/ hanging down from the beam are several rods which control pistons
- Decoration
- N/A
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SEVERN LAMB MODEL MAKERS, Engine model, steam, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1971.0011, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1971.0011.001/
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