Box of Weights

Made:
1928 in Manchester
maker:
G. Cussons Limited
Box of weights for four crank balancing apparatus made by G

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Box of weights for four crank balancing apparatus made by G
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Box of weights for four-crank balancing apparatus made by G. Cussons Limited.

If the inertial forces produced by moving parts in an internal combustion engine or steam engine are not balanced with counterweights or balance shafts, the imbalance can cause vibration.

Professor William Dalby was Head of Mechanical & Motive Engineering at Imperial College 1906-1931. He worked in the Admiralty Engineering lab during World War I, developing diesel engines for submarines and prototypes of gas turbine powered warships.

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Category:
Motive Power
Object Number:
Y1996.25.2
Materials:
wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
Measurements:
overall: 100 mm x 270 mm x 325 mm,
type:
weights
credit:
Gift of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds

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Box of Weights Box of weights for four crank balancing apparatus made by G

Box of Weights

Box of weights for four-crank balancing apparatus made by G. Cussons Limited.

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If the inertial forces produced by moving parts in an internal combustion engine or steam engine are not balanced with counterweights or balance shafts, the imbalance can cause vibration.

Professor William Dalby was Head of Mechanical & Motive Engineering at Imperial College 1906-1931. He worked in the Admiralty Engineering lab during World War I, developing diesel engines for submarines and prototypes of gas turbine powered warships.

Measurements:
overall: 100 mm x 270 mm x 325 mm,
Materials:
wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
Y1996.25.2/1
type:
weights
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Key for box of weights for four-crank balancing apparatus made by G. Cussons Limited.

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Key for box of weights for four-crank balancing apparatus made by G. Cussons Limited.

Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
Y1996.25.2/2
type:
key

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