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Ref NoMS 3147/5/1354/e
TitleDrawings of engines by “J. M.”, 1813
LevelFile
Date1813
DescriptionDesigns by William Murdock and Matthew Boulton, Atmospheric and Other Engines, Drawings for Court Cases (7 items).

1354e. Set of Engine Drawings by "J. M." Jun.-Aug. 1813. 7 items.

[1st and 2nd drawings missing.]

Elevations of cylinders and pumps, marked "3rd J.M. Jun. 1813".

Side view and plan of the cylinders of a compound (Hornblower?) engine marked "4th J.M. July 2 1813".

Side view of a 10 horse independent crank engine marked "M 5th horrid".

Side view of a 6 horse bell crank engine marked "M 6th bad".

Horizontal section of the cistern and plan of a 6 horse bell crank engine marked "Bad M 7th".

Side view and plan of an independent crank engine and boiler marked "8th M".

[9th drawing missing.]

Front view of a crank engine and 2 boilers and edge view of the rotative motion marked "M 10th".

[All these drawings are coloured.]

Set of drawings of various types of engines made in 1813. "J. M." may have been James Watt's nephew James Miller, who joined the Boulton Watt & Co. Drawing Office in 1813. Miller was taken ill early in 1815 and went to Madeira, where he died in May of the same year.
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