Steam Engine, for Stringfellow's 1847-8 Flying Machine
Horizontal single cylinder slide-valve steam engine, designed and made by John Stringfellow, Chard, Somerset, England, 1847-1848. John Stringfellow made the engine for a William Henson designed ten-foot wing-span model aircraft.
Details
- Category:
- Aircraft Propulsion
- Object Number:
- 1908-44/1
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), copper (alloy) and steel (metal)
- type:
- steam engine - engine
- credit:
- Heathcoat, J.N.
