| Description | 8 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 15 inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Includes reverse general view of the engine, plan of the engine, foundation works, front view of the engine, plans and sections of the boiler and seating, framing; parallel motion, marked "from FYX" (Fish & Yates' engine); working gear - coloured original and reverse plans and front and side views marked "from Wilkes No. 1"; plan of condenser and air pump; wheels; several plans and elevations of the mill showing location of the engine, shafts, grinding wheels, presses, section of roof and garret etc. Almost all the engine drawings are reverse copies.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 89. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 52.
For Charles and John Morehouse of Gainsborough. Oil mill in the parish of Beckingham, Gainsborough. This engine was made using a 15 inch cylinder from the experimental double-cylinder tilt engine set up at Soho, instead of the usual 16 inch cylinder.
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