High pressure

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,
type:
engine -power producing equipment and boiler (hvac component)
credit:
Warriner, H.A.

Parts

Early marine engine and boiler

Early marine engine and boiler

Early marine engine and boiler

Measurements:
overall: 563 mm x 840 mm x 502 mm,
Object Number:
1915-129 Pt1
type:
engines
Propeller from high pressure, non-condensing oscillating launch engine

Propeller from high pressure, non-condensing oscillating launch engine

Propeller from high pressure, non-condensing oscillating launch engine

Measurements:
overall: 60 mm x 245 mm x 150 mm,
Object Number:
1915-129 Pt2
type:
propellers

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