| Description | 29. Direct Engine. May-Jul. 1841, Jul. 1842. 21 items.
150 horse power direct-acting "Gorgon"-type engine, with 64¾ inch cylinder, 5 foot stroke.
Side views of engine - 3 partially coloured drawings (two not titled); front view of 2 engines (not titled); cylinder and slide valve, slide valve - coloured drawings; side view and plan of cylinder and nozzle - partially coloured drawing; front view of nozzle, plan and section of sleeper plate - coloured drawings; horizontal section of engine - partially coloured drawing; air pump and condenser - 4 partially coloured drawings (one not titled - draft design?); parallel motion; sketch of headstock column (marked "Virago"); air pump and valves etc., side view and plan of engine, front view of nozzles, front and side view of engine etc. - unmarked and uncoloured drawings (drafts?).
Also valve diagram of the Virago, Jul. 1842.
Engines of this type were fitted in the Navy steamer Virago. These drawings were kept in the London office and sent to Soho at a later date.
See also: Portfolios 5/1230 (drawings of the Virago), 5/1280g, 5/1280h (general drawings of 150 horse direct engines). |