| Description | Other Machinery made by Boulton & Watt (8 items).
1439b. Warm Air Stove for the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. 1808. 8 items.
Memorandum "Description of the Stove for the Hunterian Museum" - in James Watt's hand, referring to the drawings below.
4 sheets of reverse drawings (all reverse):
No. 1 - section of stove and fireplace
No. 2 - general plan of the stove.
No. 3 - outside front view of one side of the surrounding wall and fire door.
No. 4 - section showing the smoke flue and outside of the perforated wall.
No. 5 - inside view of the wall showing the openings by which the cold air is admitted and the course of the smoke flue.
No. 6 - sheet of drawings of air tubes, iron ceiling, perforated wall etc.
No. 7 - plan of the upper side of the perforated dome and its buttresses.
3 sheets with copies of drawings Nos. 1-6, partially shaded.
For the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. For further details of the stove see James Watt's memorandum to John Southern of 30 Aug. 1808 [Partners' Correspondence, MS 3147/3/31/12]. |