| Description | 8 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 16 inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Includes reverse general view of the engine, reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler showing the well; reverse drawing of framing and cistern; boiler - coloured reverse sections, plans and front view; parallel motion - reverse copy marked "From Ecton"; working gear - coloured reverse plans and front and side views; letter from John Brockliss to Boulton & Watt, dated Sulgrave Mill, 2 Oct. 1788, about repositioning the boiler.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 112. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 42.
For John Brockliss. Often spelt "Brockless". Sulgrave Flour Mill, near Banbury, Oxfordshire. Cobb Pain & Judd purchased the engine from Brockliss in 1797 for their paper mill. They sold the engine in Oct. 1798 to William Clark of Lambeth who planned to erect it for Randall & Co., starch makers in Lambeth. This transaction was disapproved of by Boulton & Watt as it lead to uncertainty over premium payments. The engine eventually went to Hodgson & Co. of Battersea.
See also: Incoming Correspondence (including bundle for Cobb Paine & Judd). |