Burner cowling, for Stringfellow's 1847-8 flying machine steam engine
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Burner cowling, for horizontal single cylinder-slide valve steam engine, designed and made by John Stringfellow, Chard, Somerset, England, 1847-1848. John Stringfellow made the copper burner cowling for a William Henson designed ten-foot wing-span model aircraft.
Details
- Category:
- Aircraft Propulsion
- Object Number:
- 1908-44/2
- Materials:
- copper (metal)
- type:
- cover - closure
- credit:
- Heathcoat, J.N.
