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'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)
Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

1720
Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884

1884
Trevithick's High Pressure Steam Engine and Boiler, c. 1806

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

1805-1806
Vertical Steam Engine, 1891

Vertical Steam Engine, 1891

1891
Watt's Pumping Engine 'Old Bess', 1777

Watt's Pumping Engine 'Old Bess', 1777

1777 (original); 1894 (model)
Robey Portable Steam Engine, c. 1938

Robey Portable Steam Engine, c. 1938

1938
'No dead centre' Steam Engine, 1887

'No dead centre' Steam Engine, 1887

1887-1893
Inverted Vertical Steam Engine, 1848-1850

Inverted Vertical Steam Engine, 1848-1850

1848-1850
Undertype Semi-portable Engine

Undertype Semi-portable Engine

1867-1900
Overtype Compound Steam Engine

Overtype Compound Steam Engine

1924-1937
Triple-expansion Engine driving two dynamos, c. 1930

Triple-expansion Engine driving two dynamos, c. 1930

1930 (original); 1984 (model)
Willans Three-crank High Speed Steam Engine, 1884

Willans Three-crank High Speed Steam Engine, 1884

1884
Chandler's High Speed Engine, 1902

Chandler's High Speed Engine, 1902

1902
Armington-Sims High Speed Steam Engine, 1888

Armington-Sims High Speed Steam Engine, 1888

1888
Generating Set with Willans Compound Engine, 1887

Generating Set with Willans Compound Engine, 1887

1887
National Steam Engine for a Clarkson Steam Vehicle

National Steam Engine for a Clarkson Steam Vehicle

circa 1916
Model (Scale 1:8), semi-portable overtype engine, by Robey & Co.

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

-1920
Model of Savery's engine.

Model Savery engine, before 1754.

1698-1744
Locomobile steam car engine and parts, 1902

Locomobile steam car engine and parts, 1902

1902
Parsons' original Steam Turbine generator,1884

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884.

1884
Coloured drawing of general arrangement of Sentinel steam engine. No. 3485, (scale 1:4), c. 1920?

Drawing of Sentinel steam engine

1920
Beam engine made by John Penn and Sons, Greenwich 1870, for organ blowing, 2 cylinders side by side, 7 in. diam by 2 ft in stroke

Beam engine for organ blowing, 1870.

1870
Grasshopper steam engine c. 1855 probably by Easton, Amos & Sons, Southwark, London.

'Grasshopper' Engine, c. 1855

1855
Working model (scale about 1:8) of a double-acting beam engine with sun and planet motion; steam is distributed by a cock.

Model Boulton and Watt condensing engine, c 1800.

Steam Table engine, 24" stroke, by Maudslay, Sons & Field, 1840, with flywheel, outer bearing, steam stop-valve; and also one original steam piston-valve, shaft coupling, piston, piston sleeves, piston rings, plumber block for drive & parcels of spares

Table Engine by Maudslay, Sons & Field, 1840.

1840
Sectioned original Willans Central Valve engine, 1887, on wooden stand.

Willans Triple-expansion Engine, 1884-1887

1884-1887
Engine and boiler etc. of a Locomobile steam motor car, 1900, sectioned, mounted on stand representing part of a car.

Engine and boiler from Locomobile steam motor car

1900
Drawing of Clarkson compound 'Vee' steam engine, section through L.P. cylinder and H.P. piston valve (scale 1:2)

Drawing of a Clarkson steam engine

Drawing of Clarkson compound 'Vee' steam engine, section along crankshaft (scale 1:2)

Drawing of a Clarkson steam engine

Model scale 1:12 in part section of early form of Newcomen engine and pump. Based on example built in the early 18th century at Fresnes, Val-de-Marne in France.

Model of Newcomen Pumping Engine, from Fresnes, France, c. 1735

1730-1740
Drawing of Clarkson compound 'Vee' steam engine - elevation, and section of pumps (scale 1:2)

Drawing of a Clarkson steam engine

Parsons' Axial Flow Steam Turbine with dynamo constructed for 60 K.W. Generator, 1901; installed at the National Physical Laboratory where it ran until 1913.

Parsons' Axial Flow Steam Turbine with dynamo constructed for 60 K.W. Generator

1901