| Description | 8 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 16 inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion. Engine formerly belonged to George, Richard & Alisdair Burden.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, showing unusual roof design of engine house; coloured original and reverse edge view of the engine, showing boilers, and general view of the mill and mill work; reverse plan of the cylinder and boiler tops, front view of the engine and cross-section of boilers, longitudinal section of boiler; reverse [?] plan of boilers' foundations; working gear - coloured reverse front and side views; rotative shaft - reverse; undated and uncoded plan and section of the mill showing mill work, grindstones etc. (different to the coloured drawing above). All the drawings except those of the mill bear letter codes.
The two coloured drawings have the name of the firm, the date and the title crossed out, and were never sent. Presumably re-drawn versions were sent in their place.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 231. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 52, 58.
For Wetherell Garcia Ramirez & Co. Cork and bark mill, Seville, Spain. The concern changed soon after the order was placed, to Wetherell Jiminez & Co. According to the Catalogue of Old Engines this engine formerly belonged to G. R. & A. Burden of Mansfield. Boulton & Watt re-purchased it from them in 1795. Considerable delays ensued in the shipping of the engine to Spain.
See also: Incoming Correspondence (from M. Logan, G. Paton). |