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Sectioned example of the original form of the 'flop nozzle' exhaust injector
An injector is used to deliver water into a boiler to raise steam, even though the boiler is under pressure. This is a sectioned example of the injector patented by Hamer, Metcalfe, and Davies, in 1877-80 in which, by an important modification in the usual construction, the apparatus is enabled to work with the exhaust steam from an engine, instead of requiring live steam from the boiler. This allows the injector to 'self start'.
Details
- Category:
- Motive Power
- Object Number:
- 1902-140
- Measurements:
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overall: 120 mm x 375 mm x 215 mm,
- type:
- steam injector
- credit:
- Davies & Metcalfe Ltd.