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Beam engine, unsigned, British, 1820-1840, and used by JA & W Lyon, Bleachers, Leo Street, Peckham, 1836-1915.

Beam engine

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1820-1840
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

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1898

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

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

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1980-1983
Central-valve high speed steam engine, working model, scale 1:4, sectioned through one cylinder and crank case, Willans and Robinson Limited, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, 1901

Willans central-valve high speed steam engine 1901

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1901

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

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1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Two photo prints of a Newcomen Colliery Winding En

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Drawing of Newcomen engine at Caprington Colliery,

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Richards' Steam Engine Indicator

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Model of sun and planet gearing, made by James Watt ,1782-1784, demonstrating the action designed to produce a rotative motion. Preserved by James Watt & Co.

Model of Sun and Planet Gearing made by James Watt

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1782-1784

Smeaton's Apparatus for Determining the Efficiency of Water Wheels

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1988 (model); 1752 (original)

Galloway Boiler

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1893

Kenotometer by Brady & Martin Ltd., Newcastle-upon

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Overshot Water Wheel, mid 19th Century

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1834-1866

'No dead centre' Steam Engine, 1887

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1887-1893

Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Diesel Engine

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1927

Drawing of the "Old Sarah" engine, Newmarket, Silk

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Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

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1794
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

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c. 1800

Mechanical counter, 1888.

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1888

Undershot waterwheel

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1820

Five photo prints on one mount, labelled, of the N

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Early Bourdon Pressure Gauge from winding engine a

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Surface Condenser and Air Pump, England, 1775

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1775

High Speed Vertical Steam Engine, c. 1900

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1900

Type TSH2 diesel engine, made by Crossley Brothers Ltd

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Lieuvain's patent 1866 needle lubricator for shaft

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John Wood diagonal reciprocating steam engine

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1890

Newcomen Engine Piston

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1785

Fourneyron Turbine, 1837

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1837

Horizontal Tandem Compound Engine, c. 1910

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1910

Model 0.1cc internal combustion engine

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1945

Model flash steam plant

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1935

Drawing of James Watt's Pumping Engine 1788

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Firgrove Mill Steam Engine

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1907

Grasshopper Engine

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1840

Richard's patent steam engine indicator in wooden box

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Wooden model of Beauchamp Tower's patent 1879 "spherical" engine

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1" Dewrance's forged steel Stop Valve, sectioned

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Engine indicator by Thompson & Bushnell, New York,

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Anatomist's Syringe by Arnold & Sons

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1866-1923

Diagonal Oscillating Engine

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Overtype Compound Steam Engine

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1924-1937

Maker's plate of Pollit & Wigz

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1913

Crosshead pin, for Inverted Vertical Steam Engine

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1848-1850
Working model triple expansion vertical steam engine.

Working model triple expansion vertical steam engine

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Model, scale 1:24, of John Thompson "Beta" type Wa

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Early compound beam engine

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1860

Model horizontal steam engine with link motion mad

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Three specimens - various experimental blade formation, 1895-1901

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1895-1901