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- OBJECT TYPE
- STEAM/EXTERNAL SPRING/SMALL
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0361.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Dobbie McInnes Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Glasgow, Scotland
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General Information
- Serial #
- SDB 33891R
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 14
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 NON-FERROUS METAL; SYNTHETIC PARTS; FIBRE CORD/.2-.7 METAL/.8 WOOD HANDLE; METAL BLADE/.9 PLASTIC/.10 CARDBPOARD/.11 PAPER/.12 WOOD/.13 WOOD WITH METAL HARDWARE, LEATHER HANDLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.5 cm
- Width
- 26.5 cm
- Height
- 14.3 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
- Dobbie
- Country
- Scotland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Glasgow
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
FROM ESTATE OF MR. E. EDWARD JONES, F.I. MECH. E.C. ENG., P. ENG. (1908-1994), BRITISH BORN & EDUCATED ENGINEER. AFTER COMING TO CANADA IN 1950'S, HE WAS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPMENT OF ORENDA IROQUOIS GAS TURBINE, & LATER INENGINEERING EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING OF ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL TOOLS. - Function
-
TEST INSTRUMENT WHICH PROVIDES AUTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF PRESSURE VOLUME MEASUREMENT OF STEAM WITHIN CYLINDER OF STEAM ENGINE AS ENGINE GOES THROUGH ITS CYCLE OF OPERATIONS. - Technical
-
ONE OF SEVERAL TYPES OF STEAM ENGINE INDICATOR WHICH ARE SIMILAR IN PRINCIPLE, INCLUDING THOMPSON, TABOR, & CROSBY INDICATORS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 INCISED LETTERING READING "DOBBIE MCINNES" & "SDB 33891R"/.8 INCISED "ATKIN & SON/.10 BLACK LETTERING READS IN PART "DOBBIE McINNES LTD., Broomlow Road, GLASGOW. S.W.1/ Makers of Engineering, Industrial, Scientific & Navigational Instruments"/.13 PLATE ON CASE TOP READS "DOBBIE/ McINNES/ LIMITED"
- Missing
- SPRINGS & OTHER PARTS MISSING FROM COMPARTMENTS IN CASE.
- Finish
- .1 PLATED METAL; BLACK SYNTHETIC/.2-.3 BRASS & METALLIC COLOURED/.4 PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK/.5-.7 METALLIC/.8 COATED WOOD HANDLE; METALLIC BLADE/.9 COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT/.10-.1 WHITE/.12 UNFINISHED/.13 COATED MEDIUM BROWB STAINED WOOD; BROWN STRAP; PLATED HARDWARE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Dobbie McInnes Ltd., Indicator, engine, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2001.0361, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0361.001/
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