Springs for Model
- Made:
- 1928 in Manchester
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Six springs for four crank balancing apparatus made by G
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Six springs 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.
Details
- Category:
- Motive Power
- Object Number:
- Y1996.25.3
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
-
overall (box): 100 mm x 320 mm x 410 mm,
- type:
- spring
- credit:
- Gift of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds
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