| Description | 14 horse power sun & planet engine, with 20 inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Includes reverse general view of engine, plans and sections of the engine, boiler, engine house and building showing millwork, floors, windows, location of stones etc.; "direct copies" [i.e. not reverse] of section of building showing millwork, elevation of building, plan of engine, all marked "as executed"; parallel motion; working gear - coloured reverse plans and front and side view, marked "from Stein".
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 82. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 2, 4.
For William Aitchison and Mr. - Brown. Distillery, Clement's Well, near Musselburgh, Scotland. Often spelt "Aitcheson" on the drawings. The firm became Aitchison Brown & Co. by 1789. They went bankrupt in 1793, and William Aitchison continued to run the engine for a short time before selling it to John Stein, who erected it at a distillery in Edinburgh in 1795.
See also: Incoming Correspondence.
Published references: Tann, p. 107 - "Direct Copy" section and elevation. |