| Description | Boilers and Components and Parts of Boilers for Land Engines. (26 items).
1408. Boilers. Circa 1781, 1780s, circa 1785, 1794, 1819, 1822, 1842, not dated. 26 items.
Sketch for a boiler [in Matthew Boulton's hand], not dated [circa 1781? - see Boulton to Watt, 13 Nov. 1781, Correspondence & Papers 3/5/58]
"Boiler for Mr. Scott's engine", not dated [1780s].
"Smokeless Boiler executed in the Engine Yard at Soho after the Patent" - pencil sketch, not dated [circa 1785].
Boiler for the Gloucester & Berkeley Canal engine, Mar. 1794.
Sketch of boilers for McConnel & Kennedy, Mar. 1819.
Sketches of boilers for John Orrell, May 1819 and Jun. 1822 [2 sketches on 1 sheet].
Sections of Cornish steam engine boilers - partially shaded tracing by Joisah Human, Feb. 1842.
Sketch of a cylindrical boiler 30 horse size, Mar. 1842.
Sketch of a cylindrical boiler 30 horse size, Mar. 1842 [different design to the above].
Sketch of the fronts of Hornsey Boilers [Hornsey Water Works?] - not dated [1858?]
Not dated:
Section and calculations for a boiler for a 50 inch cylinder.
Cross-section of a 30 horse boiler (with uptake).
Section and calculations for a 30 horse boiler.
Plan and elevations of 3 boilers and pipes.
Sheet of pencil sketches of a tubular boiler.
"Boiler for blast engine" - partially coloured tracing.
Sections of a boiler - tracing marked "Fig. II".
7 untitled and undated drawings of various boilers.
Memoranda etc.:
Note of calculations of the amount of coal consumed by West Middlesex Water Works and East London Water Works engines, not dated [1810s?].
Pencil notes on the dimensions of bottom plates, not dated. |