Sectioned working model, showing a side-lever marine engine
- Made:
- 1840; 1898 in United Kingdom and South Kensington
Sectioned working model, scale 1:8, showing a side-lever marine engine (c.1840), fitted into a sea-going paddle steamer, with sectioned paddle wheel and pistons, partially by unknown maker, British, 1840, and valve gear, parallel motion levels and paddle wheel made in South Kensington Museum (workshops), South Kensington, London, England, 1898
Details
- Category:
- Marine Engines
- Object Number:
- 1868-39
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal) and paint
- Measurements:
-
includes paddle wheel: 895 mm x 1240 mm x 840 mm,
- type:
- model - representation
- credit:
- Institution of Civil Engineers
