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Model which represents the paddle steamers "Queen Victoria" and the ''Prince of Wales''

Water Transport

1887

Model of oscillating paddle engines for Thames steamboat

Marine Engines

1842-1850

Metal model of G. Rennie's patent paddle wheel wit

Marine Engines

Model fo G. Rennie's patent paddle wheel c.1839, w

Marine Engines

1839-1857

Model of paddle wheel with Brunet's reeping floats

Marine Engines

1843-1858

Model paddle wheel with two arms and two duck feet

Marine Engines

Model of an automatic feathering paddle wheel, with feathering floats, as patented by W. H. Hill, unsigned, British, 1835-1891

Model of W. H. Hill's paddle wheel with feathering floats

Marine Engines

1850-1891

Whole model, scale 1:32, of the shallow-draught stern-wheel paddle steamer, 'Inez-Clarke' (1879), probably by Yarrow and Co, London, 1879-1900

Model of stern-wheel paddle steamer Inez-Clarke

Water Transport

1879-1900

Working model, scale 1:16, of a direct acting paddle engine using return piston rods, invented by John Seaward, (c.1838), made by Seaward and Capel, on metal base.

Working model, scale 1:16, of a direct acting padd

Marine Engines

1838-1860

Model paddle of wheel with feathering floats by Seaward and Co. (1835), representing John Seaward's modifications of Cave's paddle wheel, but with fixed eccentric pins instead of an eccentric sheave for feathering the floats, unsigned, England, 1835-1841

Model paddle of wheel with feathering floats, representing John Seaward's modifications of Cave's paddle wheel

Marine Engines

1835-1841

Model representing a modification of Morgan's feathering paddle wheel, an attempt to strengthen and simplify the construction, as patented by Mr J. P. Holebrook in 1838.

Model representing a modification of Morgan's feat

Marine Engines

1838-1858

Model of a Pool's feathering paddle wheel with floats secured to horizontal shafts as patented in 1829 by William Pool of Lincoln, and fitted to numerous paddle steamers by Seaward and Capel, on a frame supported by four pillars on a base all of mahogany (see note).

Model of W. Poole's paddle wheel with feathering floats

Marine Engines

1850-1891

Model of Robertson Buchanan's paddle wheel with feathering floats (1813), unsigned, British, 1835-1891

Model of Robertson Buchanan's paddle wheel with feathering floats

Marine Engines

1850-1891

Small model of Elijah Galloway's patented feathering paddle wheel with feathering floats (c. 1830), unsigned, England, 1850-1891

Model of Galloway's paddle wheel with feathering floats

Marine Engines

1850-1891

Model of a feathering paddle wheel adopted by Seaward and Capel (1850), with feathering rods moved by a ring turning on a disc, adjustable by means of a screw, unsigned, England, 1850-1891

Model of Seaward's paddle wheel with feathering floats

Marine Engines

1850-1891

Working model, scale 1:24, of the vertical direct-acting fixed cylinder condensing engines of the H.M.S. 'Gorgon' (1838), by Seaward and Co, on metal base, unsigned, England, 1837-1891

Model of vertical direct-acting fixed cylinder condensing engines of H.M.S. 'Gorgon'

Marine Engines

1837-1891

Model of John Oldham's patent feathering paddle wheel with feathering floats (1820-1827), unsigned, Irish, 1835-1891

Model of John Oldham's paddle wheel with feathering floats

Marine Engines

1850-1891

Model of Robertson Buchanan's paddle wheel, comprising 12 iron floats on a copper frame 7 3/4" diam with feathering gear and handle, unsigned, British, 1835-1891

Model of Robertson Buchanan's paddle wheel

Marine Engines

1850-1891

Model, scale 1:16, of an American paddle wheel river steamer vessel beam engine (c.1884), with sectioned hull and superstructure, by Science Museum Workshops, South Kensington, London, England, 1906

Model, scale 1:16, of an American paddle wheel river steamer vessel beam engine (c.1884)

Marine Engines

1906

Model, scale 1:16, of an American paddle wheel river steamer vessel beam engine (c.1884), with sectioned hull and superstructure, with pencil drawing, one of 3 or 4, of an American beam paddle engine 1884-1896 and parts of feet consisting of 2 cylindrical, and 12 square sections, by Science Museum Workshops, South Kensington, London, England, 1906

Model of an American paddle wheel river steamer vessel beam engine

Marine Engines

1906

Model of a modified Pool's feathering paddle wheel, introduced by Seaward and Capel, with oval race for rollers as opposed to circularm, unsigned, England, 1850-1891

Model of Wiliam Poole's paddle wheel with feathering floats

Marine Engines

1850-1891

Model of a feathering paddle wheel (c.1834) as adopted by John Seaward, after a similar arrangement invented by Francoise Cave of Paris and in use on French steamers, unsigned, England, 1850-1891

Model Seaward's paddle wheel with feathering floats

Marine Engines

1850-1891

Model of a feathering paddle wheel (c.1834) as adopted by John Seaward, after a similar arrangement invented by Francoise Cave of Paris and in use on French steamers, unsigned, England, 1850-1891

Model Seaward's paddle wheel with feathering floats

Marine Engines

1850-1891

Model of the original form of Elija Galloway's feathering paddle wheel (c.1829).

Model of the original form of Elija Galloway's fea

Marine Engines

1829-1858