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Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

Motive Power

1819

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

Motive Power

1795-1805 (original)

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

Motive Power

1785

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788.

Motive Power

1788

Mill Engine

Motive Power

1903

Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine

Motive Power

1717-1725

Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah W

Motive Power

after 1859

Model of Rotative Beam Engine by William Tongue, c. 1804

Motive Power

1797-1804

Model of Sun and Planet Gearing

Motive Power

1782-1784

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

Motive Power

1846
Working model triple expansion vertical steam engine.

Working model triple expansion vertical steam engine

Motive Power
model of a high pressure beam engine, made by William Hooper, a 'hammerman' at the Copperhouse foundry, awarded a prize at the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society's annual exhibition at Falmouth, 1838.

High Pressure Condensing Beam Engine, 1838

Motive Power

1838

Collycroft worsted textile mill, 1790

Motive Power

1790

Isaac Storey & Sons steam engine indicator

Motive Power

c1862-1910

Cycloidal rotary engine piston 6" maximum diam. x

Motive Power
Single cylinder non-condensing horizontal engine, Corliss valve gear, by John Musgrave & Sons Ltd, Bolton, 1898. Part sectioned to show valves, scale 1:6

Horizontal Engine with Corliss Valve Gear, c. 1898

Motive Power

1898

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

Motive Power

1794
Model (scale 1:8) of ordinary Flat-ended Lancashire Boiler with flanged seam flues.

Model, showing ordinary Flat-ended Lancashire Boiler with flanged seam flues

Motive Power

c. 1920
Model of a double acting beam type condensing engine with conical drop valves worked by an eccentric.

Model of a double acting beam type condensing engine

Motive Power

c. 1800
Model of an independent type 'Cabinet' rotative beam engine, with self-supporting iron frame and cistern bed, made by Boulton, Watt & Co., and owned by James Watt, c1813, with tin container, for cigarettes, containing nineteen steel flat washers, fourteen slotted brass dome-head machine screws and an ā€˜Lā€™ shaped flat piece of wood.

Model, of an 'Independent' type beam engine by Boulton, Watt & Co., 1813

Motive Power

1812-1814

Columnar Engine, 1862

Motive Power

1862

Model, scale 1:12, of stationary steam boiler, c.1948

Motive Power

c.1948

Vertical Compound Steam Engine with Hackworth's Valve Gear, 1898

Motive Power

1898

Model (Scale 1:8), semi-portable overtype engine, by Robey & Co.

Motive Power

Metal component associated with the 100 K.W. Radial Flow Steam Turbine alternator with Generator

Motive Power

1891
Model (scale 1:8) of front end of Thompson's Dish-ended Lancashire Boiler with corrugated flues.

Two models, showing Thompson's Dish-ended Lancashire Boiler front sections

Motive Power

c. 1920
Model of cylinder with separate condenser, formerly described as the "original" model.

Watt's second separate condenser, 1765.

Motive Power

1765

Trevithick's High Pressure Steam Engine and Boiler, c. 1806

Motive Power

1805-1806

Pre-production model of a Howden HWP 300 Wind Turbine and Landrover

Motive Power

1980-1983
Partly sectioned 100 K.W. Radial Flow Steam Turbine alternator with Generator, built by C. A. Parsons and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1892 for the Cambridge Electric Supply Company.

100 K.W. Parsons' Radial Flow Steam Turbine alternator with Generator, partly sectioned

Motive Power

1892
Parsons' original Steam Turbine generator,1884

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884.

Motive Power

1884
Model representing Murray's portable beam engine, by James Fox, Derby, 1808

Model of Murray's portable beam engine

Motive Power

1808

Model of Henry Maudslay's table engine, 1807

Motive Power

1807

Mechanical counter, 1888.

Motive Power

1888

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

Motive Power

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

Motive Power

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Letterhead printing block

Motive Power

c1954-97

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884.

Motive Power

1884

Crossley Type IHD4 Diesel Engine

Motive Power

1960

Undershot waterwheel

Motive Power

1820

Rod from the model of Murray's portable beam engine

Motive Power

1808

"Sirius" steam trap No.1 size, for 5/8" diam. stea

Motive Power

Model 0.1cc internal combustion engine

Motive Power

1945

Model flash steam plant

Motive Power

1935

Beam engine and associated component

Motive Power

1820-40

Vertical Reciprocating Steam Engine Model

Motive Power

1818-1851

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

Motive Power

1866

Wooden base for a component from the remains of a Cornish pumping engine

Motive Power

1777
Model Robey 450 H.P. type "E" horizontal drop valve steam engine made by D.W. Gale of Lincoln

Single-Cylinder Drop Valve Engine, c1900.

Motive Power

c. 1900

Model of horse gear

Motive Power

c. 1891