Patent Model - Improved Apparatus for Generating Gas
Maker and role
Robert Malcolm, Patentee
Production date
Jun 02 1868
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Cast iron, brass, steel, string
Measurements
8 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/4" (20.3 x 19.7 x 13.3cm)
Description
Malcolm's invention relates "to that class of gas-generators in which a fluid is used for making the gas, and consists of a cylinder, revolving longitudinally on trunnions, and divided into three departments. The fluid being poured into the uppermost department, runs, by a pipe, into the lowest one, forcing the gas that accumulated into the middle department, and thence out, through a conducting-pipe, for use." (Patent Number 78,600)
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Object number
61.47.802a,b
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