| Description | Components and Parts of Land Engines. (42 items).
1384. Gudgeons and Plummer Blocks. 1778, 1784-1829, 1845, not dated. 42 items.
1770s / 1780s:
Wheal Union and Ketley gudgeons, Chacewater nozzles - shaded drawing, not dated [1778].
Plummer blocks and brasses for Wheal Towan and Crane Mine, not dated [circa 1784].
Axis and plummer block for Mr. Scott's engine [Folliot Scott & Co.?] - partially shaded drawing, not dated [circa 1785?].
Gudgeon and plummer block for James Haig & Co. - reverse drawing, 1786.
Plummer block for outer end of clutch shaft and piller for Richard Gorton, Apr. 1787.
1790s:
Plummer blocks and gudgeons for Sir Nigel Gresley, Apr. 1790.
Gudgeon and plummer block for 36 and 40 horse engines, Feb. 1792.
Plummer block and gudgeon for the air pump beam, Hebburn Colliery - reverse drawing, Sep. 1797.
1800s:
Plummer block for Walter Fergus & Co. - coloured drawing, Feb. 1800.
Plummer block for the crank shaft for the Salford Twist Co., Jan. 1801.
Gudgeons and plummer blocks for 4 foot stroke engines, 16, 20, 24, 28 and 32 horse engines - 3 drawings (1 coloured) stuck on 1 sheet, Jun. 1801.
Gudgeon for the ends of iron beams of 20 horse engines, Jul. 1801.
Plummer block for 7 inch necks - partially coloured drawing, Sep. 1801.
Plummer block for the crank shaft for Samuel Bridge, May 1803.
Inner end plummer block for crank shaft for 36, 40 and 45 horse engines, Mar. 1804.
Main plummer blocks measured from castings for various sizes of engine, Jul. 1804.
Plummer and radius blocks measured from the patterns for various sizes of engines - shaded drawing, Feb. 1807.
Main plummer blocks for the rolling mill and cutting out engines, British Mint - partially shaded reverse drawing, Feb. & Jul. 1807.
Main plummer blocks, regulating radius blocks and beams for 10 and 14 horse engines, Nov. 1807.
Main plummer block for 40, 45 and 53 horse engines, not dated [used for Monteith Bogle & Co., 1809].
1810s:
Sketch of part of main beam for engine YB [Alexander Laing] showing gudgeons, not dated [1816].
Plummer blocks for inner and outer necks and crank shafts for various sizes of engine, Sep. 1816.
Plummer block for a 42 inch engine, Aug. 1818.
Plummer block for 36 horse rolling mill engine for James Shears & Sons - partially coloured drawing, Jan. 1819.
1820s:
Plummer blocks for crank shafts etc., not dated [circa 1821].
Scheme for plummer block glands brought by Mr. Ewart - small sketch, Mar. 1822.
Plummer block and plate for outer end of fly shaft for 30 horse engine for Henry Wyatt & Co., not dated [1825].
Plummer blocks for crank shaft for Andrew & George Murray - coloured direct and reverse drawings, May 1829.
1840s:
Sketch of 100 horse main plummer block for Malins & Rawlinson - coloured drawing, not dated [1845].
Undated:
8 sketches and small drawings of various plummer blocks and gudgeons.
Tables and Diagrams:
Table of dimensions of plummer block brases, not dated.
Part of a table of dimensions of gudgeons, crank pins etc., not dated.
Diagram "Scheme for Plummer Block brasses", not dated.
Table of dimensions of plummer blocks "having length of brass and width of block = diameter of neck", not dated.
See also Portfolios 5/1378 (Beams) and 5/1402 (Spring Beams, Entablature Beams, Cross Beams, Main Gudgeons and Plummer Blocks). |