Crossley Brothers Atmospheric Gas Engine

Made:
1874 in Manchester
maker:
Crossley Brothers Limited
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Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
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Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
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Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
Science Museum Group Collection
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Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
Science Museum Group Collection
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Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
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Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
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Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
Science Museum Group Collection
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Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
Science Museum Group Collection
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Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
Science Museum Group Collection
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Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
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Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
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Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric gas engine
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Vertical single-cylinder atmospheric or ‘free piston’ gas engine, made by Crossley Brothers Ltd, Openshaw, Manchester, 1874, no 1224. Slide valve, flame ignition, speed 80 rpm, power output 1 horsepower.

Label embossed on engine shaft: "Otto Langen & Crossley's Patents Crossley Bros Manchester Sole English & Colonial Makers".

This engine powered a dough mixer in a bakery.

This was the first type of internal combustion engine to compress the explosive mixture before firing it. It was built to Otto and Langen's patent by Crossley Brothers of Manchester. Otto and Langen's atmospheric gas engine was the world's first commercially successful internal combustion engine, and Crossley Brothers were highly important in its diffusion into the wider world, holding the manufacturing rights for the whole world except for Germany. They built approximately 1,300 atmospheric engines starting in 1869.

Details

Category:
Motive Power
Object Number:
Y1969.8
Materials:
cast iron
Measurements:
overall: 2325 mm x 1066 mm x 1219 mm, 1190 mm, 1000 kg
type:
gas internal combustion engine
credit:
Gift of Crossley-Premier Engines Limited