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OBJECT TYPE: GAS TURBINE/INSTRUCTIONAL
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0175.001

MANUFACTURER: ROVER GAS TURBINES LTD.
MODEL: 1S/60
LOCATION: Solihull, England

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General Information

Serial #: 6153
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 14
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON/ SHEET STEEL/ SHEET METAL/ STAINLESS STEEL/ SYNTHETIC AND GLASS PARTS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 161.0 cm
Width: 86.0 cm
Height: 112.0 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: ROVER
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Solihull

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1960-1980s
Canada: EQUIPMENT USED IN TRAINING ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN THE POST WAR YEARS.
Function: USED WITH INJECTION TESTOR 880177 AS A PERFORMANCE TESTING UNIT FOR TESTING POWER OUTPUTS, FOR TEACHING PURPOSES.
Technical: ILLUSTRATES THE DEVICES USED TO MEASURE THE INPUTS AND OUTPUTS PERTINANT TO ENGINE OPERATION.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1: ENGINE PLATE READING: 'ROVER/ GAS TURBINES LTD./ SOLIHULL ENGLAND/ TYPE 1S/60/ ENGINE NO. 06153'/ DYNAMOMETER PLATE READING: 'SIZE DPX2/ ORDER NO. B69428K'/ WHITE MARKINGS ON DYNAMOMETER GAUGE DIAL READING: 'Heenan & Froude Ltd./ Worchester/ ENGLAND/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ H437'/ BLACK MARKINGS ON GAUGE DIAL READING: 'SMITH'S INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS LTD./ LONDON N.W.2', 'RATIO5.5-1', 'HEENAN & FROUDE LTD./ WORCHESTER'/ CAST 'FROUDE' ON DYNAMOMETER CASING.
Missing: COMPRESSOR/ BATTERY/ FUEL TANK.
Finish: GREY & BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED BASE & FRAME/ PLATED METAL ENGINE CASING WITH BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ GREY PAINTED DYNAMOMETER CASING WITH BLACK & RED PAINTED PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC.
Decoration: N/A

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ROVER GAS TURBINES LTD., Engine, 1960, Artifact no. 1988.0175, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0175.001/

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