| Description | 10 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 17½ inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion. 12 horse cylinder, 1 piece nozzles and new working gear added 1808.
Reverse general view of the engine, reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler (6 drawings on 2 sheets); framing and cistern - reverse drawings. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Also small reverse general view and sketch of a sun & planet engine with 15 inch cylinder and 4 foot stroke, marked "Reverse copy of a sketch of an engine for Messrs. Dawson & Clowes, Feb. 1785."
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 258. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 18.
For Charles Clowes and company. Phoenix Brewery, Stoney Lane, Southwark, London. In 1785 Charles Clowes and John Dawson enquired about an engine to power their brewery, which they were re-building after a fire. However this first enquiry appears not to have been followed up. By 1794 the firm had become Clowes Newberry & Madox, and they ordered this engine in 1796.
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence. |