Engine model
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STEAM
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0023.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- PATENT MODEL
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Steel
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 66.0 cm
- Width
- 31.0 cm
- Height
- 20.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Donated by the Guelph Civic Museum. - Function
-
Steam engine which allowed steam at atmospheric pressure to fill up the space underneath a piston in a cylinder while it is lifted by a counterweight beam. Steam had to be admitted to and exhausted from the cylinder at the right time so that the piston could be moved back and forth. - Technical
-
Steam engines were widely used before the advent of electricity. This particular engine was a model, and was possibly meant to be used as a demonstration of the mechanics of a steam engine for students. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Painted black (finish obscured by rust)
- Decoration
- None
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Unknown Manufacturer, Engine model, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1982.0023, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0023.001/
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