| Description | 14 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 20 inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Includes reverse general view of the engine, reverse plans and sections of the engine, boiler, foundations and seating, showing some details of the engine house; framing - original and coloured reverse; parallel motion marked "from Stein"; working gear - coloured reverse plans and front and side view; nozzles, marked "New drawn 26 Jan. 1792 which see 13.16" and "13.16 see drawing AMN"; grate bars, bearers, fireplace, cistern, pinion and bevel wheels; plan of the walls of the engine house; sketch of the condenser top marked "See Silas Dean"; note about the order in John Southern's hand.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 91. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 12.
For John Peel, Thomas Ainsworth and company of Warrington. Cotton mill, Warrington. The engine was damaged in a fire in 1791, and sold to S. J. & B. Churchill of Sheepshead.
See also: Portfolio 5/82, Incoming Correspondence. |