| Description | Bell Crank Engines (5 items).
6 horse power bell crank engine, with 16 inch cylinder, 2 foot stroke.
Reverse plan of the engine and boiler houses and water wheel (with alternative boiler layout stuck on and showing 2 engines), cross-section of the boilers and longitudinal section of the engine house and engine, cross-section of the engine house and shaft and water wheel, longitudinal section of the boiler house and boiler; sketch plan showing water wheel, shafts, machinery etc. by William Murdock, with 8 and 14 horse engines pencilled in and small elevation of the round and drying houses on the same sheet; sheet of pencil sketches of shafts and wheels.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 585. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 256.
For James Hoddinott, 7 Caleaton St., London. Silk mill, Milton, near Bruton, Somerset.
Published references: Tann, p. 45 - Murdock's plan and small elevation.
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