Early marine engine and boiler
Early marine engine and boiler
Components from the experimental steam launch 'Firefly', 1841
- Made:
- 1840-1841 in United Kingdom
High pressure, non-condensing oscillating launch engine, fitted to the experimental steam launch 'Firefly' (1841), by Henry Warriner, British, 1840-1841
Details
- Category:
- Marine Engines
- Object Number:
- 1915-129
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), rope, steel (metal), wood (unidentified) and paint
- Measurements:
-
overall: 600 mm x 510 mm x 840 mm,
- credit:
- Warriner, H.A.
Parts
Early Marine Engine
Early marine engine
- Measurements:
-
overall: 563 mm x 840 mm x 502 mm,
- Object Number:
- 1915-129 Pt1/1
- type:
- engines
- Part of:
- 1915-129 Pt1
Propeller from high pressure, non-condensing oscillating launch engine
Propeller from high pressure, non-condensing oscillating launch engine
- Measurements:
-
overall: 380 mm x 540 mm x 540 mm,
- Object Number:
- 1915-129 Pt2
- type:
- propellers
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Geared drive shaft and chain from early marine engine
Gear and chain from early marine engine
- Object Number:
- 1915-129 Pt3
- type:
- components
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