| Description | 12 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 19? inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Includes reverse general view of the engine with later second beam to work a blowing cylinder pencilled in, reverse plans and sections of the engine and boiler showing connection to rolling apparatus [?]; reverse plan and section of the engine house; framing and cistern - reverse drawings; parallel motion - reverse drawings; working gear - coloured reverse [?] front and side views; rough sketch plan of premises; reverse plan and section of millwork and millstones and connection to engine dated 26 Jul. 1793; reverse drawing showing second beam and connection to blowing cylinder, 15 Dec. 1794, marked ""This fair copy made Sep. 1827." All the drawings bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 169. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 40.
For Dearmans & Francis - Richard Dearman of Coalbrookdale, John Petty Dearman and William Francis of Birmingham. Eagle Foundry, Birmingham. The engine powered machinery for boring, turning and grinding cast and wrought iron, and had a blowing cylinder connected to it in 1794.
See also: Engine Agreements, Incoming Correspondence.
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