Indicator, engine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STEAM
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0812.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 12
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 NON-FERROUS METAL WITH FERROUS METAL PEN/.2-.8 FERROUS METAL/.9 WOOD & FERROUS METAL/.10 GLASS/.11 BRASS, FERROUS METAL, WOOD/.12 BRASS/ NATURAL FIBRE CORD ON.1/ WOOD CARRYING CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE
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
- Crosby
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Boston
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Manitoba
- Period
- BETWEEN TWO WORLD WARS (C. 1918-1939)
- Canada
-
INDICATOR BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, A SCOT WHO CAME TO WINNIPEG FROM CHICAGO DURING WWI. HE WAS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE& WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY GOV'T PROJECTS INVOLVING THE INSTALLATION & TESTING OF STEAM EQUIPMENT BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS. MR. MCRAE SAW THE INDICATOR IN USE WHEN HE ACCOMPANIED HIS FATHER ON HIS ROUNDS. - Function
-
A TEST INSTRUMENT WHICH PROVIDES AN AUTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE PRESSURE VOLUME MEASUREMENT OF THE STEAM WITHIN THE CYLINDER OF A STEAM ENGINE AS THE ENGINE GOES THROUGH ITS CYCLE OF OPERATIONS (2). THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED IN THE INSTALLATION & TESTING OF STEAM EQUIPMENT. - 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 'CROSBY STEAM GAGE/ & VALVE CO. BOSTON', WITH PATENT DATES & '246'; SINGLE PATENT DATE INCISED ON ATTACHED PART/.2-.3 INCISED '20'/.4-.5 INCISED '40'/.6 INCISED '60'/.7-.8 INCISED '80'
- Missing
- PEN NIB/ ADAPTERS/ INSTRUCTION BOOK/ CHARTS
- Finish
- PLATED & BRASS COLOURED METAL/ METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK PAINTED WOOD/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ BROWN STAINED & VARNISHED CASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., Indicator, engine, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1986.0812, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1986.0812.001/
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