model of a single cylinder horizontal mill engine
Date: circa 1925
Inventory Number: DW0332a
Classification: Steam Engine Model
Subject:
Maker: American ?
Cultural Region:
Dimensions:
31.7 x 58.3 x 22.5 cm (12 1/2 x 22 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Accessories: wooden case (DW0332b)
four differently sized wrenches
two files
an awl
Description:
Model is stored in a rectangular wooden case (DW0332b). Model is mounted on a raised rectangular metal platform screwed onto the top plane of a raised wooden platform with stepped rim. Model of a single cylinder horizontal base mill engine.
The model contains a brass mounted mahogany barrel pressure cylinder; lubricator and drain cocks; a valve gear that incorporates slip eccentric reversing and lever operated lift-off type push rod; an eccentric-driven buccal pump with bleeding valve and pressure safety valve; and a 4.5" diameter belt pulley wheel fitted on the shaft inside the fly wheel.
The model contains a brass mounted mahogany barrel pressure cylinder; lubricator and drain cocks; a valve gear that incorporates slip eccentric reversing and lever operated lift-off type push rod; an eccentric-driven buccal pump with bleeding valve and pressure safety valve; and a 4.5" diameter belt pulley wheel fitted on the shaft inside the fly wheel.
Signedunsigned
FunctionTo demonstrate the mechanisms of a single cylinder horizontal base mill engine.
ProvenanceChristies, London, 5 June 1968 (lot 454); David P. Wheatland, Topsfield, MA, 1968; gift to CHSI.
