| Description | 10 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 17 2/3 inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, coloured original and reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler; framing and cistern - coloured reverse drawings with altered boiler designs stuck on; working gear - coloured original front and side views. All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 318. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 24.
For William Pryor of St. Ann's, Limehouse, William Tilt of St. Tidist, Forster Lane, London and John Gibson of Limehouse. Colour manufactory, Limehouse. The firm was originally Pryor Partridge & Gibson, but by the time the agreement was signed in Dec. 1798 they had become Pryor Tilt & Gibson.
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence. |