| Description | Bell Crank Engines (4 items).
Two 6 horse power bell crank engines, with 16 inch cylinders, 2 foot strokes.
Reverse end views of the engines, framing to support the fly wheel shaft, plan of the engines and boilers, side view of engine and longitudinal section of boiler, cross-section of the boilers; press copy plan of 3 boilers. The reverse drawings bear letter codes.
Also plan of the engines and three boilers marked "Copy of the plan of engines sent Messrs. Daniel & Sons 14 Dec. 1807 for Mr. T. J. Gould 4 Feb. 1814".
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 585. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 218.
For Trinidad. Sugar plantation engines ordered by Thomas Daniel & Sons of Bristol. According to the List of Engines made at Soho, the engines were for a Mr. Maxwell, but Engine Order Book No. 6 notes them as being for Sir Alexander Cochrane. The List of Engines made at Soho refers to a letter from Cochrane of 23 Jun. 1810 about these engines.
See also: Incoming Correspondence (from John Rennie).
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