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LicenseFire piston or pneumatic tinder igniter probably made in France
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Fire piston or pneumatic tinder igniter probably made in France
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Fire piston or pneumatic tinder igniter probably made in France
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Fire piston or pneumatic tinder igniter probably made in France
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Fire piston or pneumatic tinder igniter probably made in France
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Fire piston or pneumatic tinder igniter probably made in France in the 19th century; a device to ignite tinder by the temperature rise associated with the sudden and near adiabatic compression of air and thus demonstrate the 'Diesel effect' fundamental to ignition compression engines.
Details
- Category:
- Heat Engines (non steam)
- Object Number:
- 1997-473
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
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Object: 17.32283 x 2.3622 in.; cm
- credit:
- Science Museum. Circulation Dept.
