Henson's Flying Machine model [1843] William Henson's model of his 'Aerial Steam Carriage' Aeronautics 1845-1847
Burner cowling, for Stringfellow's 1847-8 flying machine steam engine Collection Unassigned 1847-1848
Horizontal single cylinder slide-valve steam engine, designed and made by John Stringfellow, Chard, Somerset, England, 1847-1848. John Stringfellow made the engine for a William Henson designed ten-foot wing-span model aircraft. Steam Engine, for Stringfellow's 1847-8 Flying Machine Aircraft Propulsion 1847-1848
Boiler, for horizontal single cylinder-slide valve steam engine, by John Stringfellow, Chard, Somerset, England, 1847-1848. John Stringfellow made the boiler for a William Henson designed ten-foot wing-span model aircraft. Boiler for Stringfellow's 1847-8 Flying Machine Aircraft Propulsion 1847-1848
Twin cylinder aeronautical steam engine built by John Stringfellow, Chard, Somerset, England, 1871. The engine was built for use during the Siege of Paris. Twin cylinder aeronautical steam engine built by John Stringfellow Aeronautics 1871
Henson's Flying Machine model [1843]. With stand and pieces of fabric. William Henson's model of his 'Aerial Steam Carriage' Aeronautics 1843
Demonstration models of a bobbin-net machine, (an original model as designed by Samuel Blackmore in 1880 and one reconstructed by Museum Workshops) Demonstration models of a bobbin-net machine Textiles Machinery c. 1880
Glass plate negatives (10"x8"), 7, showing portraits of people with artificial legs fitted by Gillinghams of Chard, Somerset, late 19th to early 20th centuries Glass plate negatives (10"x8") Orthopaedics