Patent Model - Improvement in Water-Coil Steam-Generators
Maker and role
George Babcock (b.1832, d.1893), Patentee
Stephen Wilcox (b.1830, d.1893), Patentee
Production date
Jun 19 1877
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Metal
Measurements
11 x 7 1/2 x 5 3/4" (27.9 x 19.1 x 14.6cm)
Description
Babcock and Wilcox propose in their patent application “…to employ a series of coils formed each in the shape of a frustum of a cone, arranged one above another and partly surrounding each other” as their way to improve steam generators. (Patent Number 192,214)
Collection
Object number
95.2.1
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