| Description | 22 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with 25ΒΌ inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke, parallel motion.
Includes coloured original and reverse general view of the engine, coloured original and reverse plans and sections of the engine and boilers, showing alternative [or later] design of second boiler to the original round one; framing - coloured drawings marked "reverse", uncoloured drawings marked "Reverse now direct - see their letter 6 Nov."; parallel motion - coloured original drawings; working gear - coloured original and reverse front and side views; fly wheel (reverse); sketch plan and section of the mill and premises showing round boiler and location of water wheel. All the drawings except the premises sketches bear letter codes.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 188. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 8.
For John Beverley, pawnbroker, John Cross, cotton manufacturer, and John Billiam, "Doctor in Medicine", all of Leeds. Cotton mill, Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire. The engine was severely damaged in a fire in 1797.
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