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Mill Engine by Burnley Ironworks Company

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884

1884

Gamma 201 rocket engine, c. 1957.

1955-1957

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

1805-1806

Motor car engine

1919

Power jets (Whittle) W2/700 Turbojet engine, with starter motor

1944

Helmholtz electromagnetic engine by Vos

Napier Naiad turboprop engine

Remains of a Cornish pumping engine, 'Old Bess', built by James Watt, 1777.

1777

Small size Cawley's double-acting Glandless Steam Engine

Bristol Orion Turboprop Engine

circa 1956

150 H.P. B.R.I. engine No. 433 W.D. No. 36903

Vickers-Supermarine Mk I Spitfire, c 1940, with separate Merlin engine.

1940

Crossley horizontal gas engine 1935

1935

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

Balance wheel engine, Swiss, 19th century

Engine telegraph

Watt's experimental engine with separate condenser

Ruling engine for producing stage micrometers

1840

Hot air engine used for stirring reaction vessels

Stirling's hot air engine, c. 1816.

1811-1826

Franklin Reciprocating steam engines

SE5A fighter, 1917.

1917

Motor car engine

1903

4.5 h.p. 'Minerva' Vee-twin Cylinder Motor Cycle Engine, 1906

1906

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

Early electro-magnetic engine by Alfred Apps, London

Three-cylinder Anzani aeroplane engine. (Three stay rods BOS March 1930 and scrapped).

Three-cylinder Anzani aeroplane engine, c 1911.

1908

Rolls-Royce sectioned "Merlin" aero engine

Rolls-Royce sectioned 'Merlin' aero engine

120 H.P. Beardmore Aero engine No. 519

120 H.P. Beardmore Aero engine No. 519

Pratt and Whitney exhibition aero-engine R-2800 B type

Pratt and Whitney exhibition aero-engine

Franklin 0-405-9 aero-engine (U.S. helicopter engine)

Franklin 0-405-9 aero-engine

180 H.P. Opel Aero engine, No. 1274, W.D. 100641

180 H.P. Opel Aero engine, No. 1274, W.D. 100641

Rolls Royce "Gnome" H1400-1 Turboshaft Engine c.1975. Mounted on plinth, motorised and "exploded" for exhibition. Made substantially from scrap parts.

Rolls Royce "Gnome" H1400-1 Turboshaft Engine c.1975. Mounted on plinth

Nakajima ‘Homare’, air-cooled twin-row 18 cylinder radial aero-engine, by Nakajima Aircraft Company, Japan, 1943-1945

Nakajima ‘Homare’

1943-1945

200 H.P. bhp Aero Engine No. 5611, W.D. No. 23285 known as the Puma engine designed by Beardmore-Halford-Pullinger, developed by the Siddeley Deasy Motor Company Ltd., Coventry, built by Armstrong-Siddeley, 1917.

200 H.P. bhp Aero Engine No. 5611

1917

110 H.P. Oberursel Aero engine, No. 3057, W.D. No. 101.288

110 H.P. Oberursel Aero engine

80 H.P. Renault engine No. 1709, W.D. No. 12864. Spares disposed 3/3/30

Renault 80 hp engine, c 1916.

circa 1916

The original engine of Henry Bell's paddle steamer, ‘Comet’, by John Robertson and David Napier, Glasgow, Scotland, 1812

The original engine of Henry Bell's paddle steamer

1812

Parsons' original Steam Turbine generator,1884

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884.

1884

Packard Diesel Radial Aero-engine

Packard Diesel Radial Aero-engine

NEC Aero engine complete

NEC Aero engine complete

Daimler Benz German aero engine (No. D.B.605), by Daimler Benz, Germany, 1942-1945

Daimler Benz German aero engine (No. D.B.605)

1942-1945

Sectioned Napier Lion Aero engine No. 2, mounted on stand. (Originally with electric motor, driving gear and starter; in glazed case. Case given to Foreman of Works as material. Engine renovated by donor in June 1962 and returned less motor, starter and driving gear).

Sectioned Napier Lion Aero engine No. 2

Remains of a Cornish pumping engine, viz "Old Bess", by Boulton, Watt and Company and Soho Manufactory, England, 1777

Remains of a Cornish pumping engine

1777

Rolls Royce Olympus 593 Mark 3B aero-engine, Serial 59351 (from Concorde 002)

Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 Mark 3B aero-engine, c 1969.

circa 1969

(1) 60 H.P. green four cylinder aero-engine and (2) framed Diploma. Item (2) now 1988-749, Pictorial Collection

(1) 60 H.P. green four cylinder aero-engine and (2) framed Diploma. Item (2) now 1988-749

Cirrus aero engine Mk.II, No. D1/2, with 2 plates.

Cirrus aero engine Mk.II, No. D1/2, with 2 plates.

Napier "Oryx" aero engine

Napier "Oryx" aero engine

Junkers Juno 004 turbojet engine, c. 1945

Junkers Juno 004 turbojet engine, c. 1945