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Sectioned complete boiler tube showing the construction of "Serve" boiler tubes

1899-1904

Portion of full size boiler plate

1885-1889

Model of the boltless boiler furnace front

1906-1910
No.19 cast iron gas boiler, designed and made by Thomas Potterton (Heating Engineers) Limited, Balham, London, England, 1930

Thomas Potterton No.19 cast iron gas boiler

1930
No.13 cast iron gas boiler, designed by Thomas Potterton and made by Thomas Potterton (Heating Engineers) Limited, Balham, London, England, 1915

Thomas Potterton No.13 cast iron gas boiler

1915
Sectional model, one of two, scale 1:12, of boilers from the HMS 'Thunderer' (1872), shown after an explosion that took place in 1876, unsigned, 1876-1925

Model, one of two, of boilers with exploded section of H.M.S. "Thunderer"

1876-1925
Cut away section of a Kingdom boiler as fitted in steam launches for small high speed engines (approx 80 HP), by Simpson Strickland and Co., Dartmouth, 1881-1913.

Cut away section of a Kingdom boiler as fitted in steam launches for small high speed engines (approx 80 HP)

1881-1913
High pressure, non-condensing oscillating launch engine, fitted to the experimental steam launch 'Firefly' (1841), by Henry Warriner, British, 1840-1841

High pressure

1840-1841
Sectional model, scale 1:10, of a 'Babcock and Wilcox' water-tube boiler (1907) representing one of thirty-one fitted by Babcock and Wilcox Ltd in1907 to an HM battle cruiser, mounted on a base board, by Science Museum Workshops, London, 1907-1912

Sectional model of Babcock and Wilcox water-tube boiler

1907-1912
Working model, scale 1:10, of a water-tube 'Thornycroft' boiler (1893), also known as a 'Daring' type boiler as the first was fitted in the HM Daring torpedo-boat destroyer, unsigned, British, 1893-1912

Model of Thornycroft water tube boiler

1893-1912