Patent Model - Improvement in Feed-Water Heaters
Maker and role
William Cross (b.1826, d.1891), Patentee
Production date
Oct 17 1865
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass
Measurements
8 x 4 7/8" (20.3 x 12.4cm)
Description
The objective of Cross's steam boiler patent "is to facilitate the operation of cleaning out a feed-water heater in which the feed-water passes through a series of tubes arranged side by side in a chamber which is heated by the exhaust-steam of the engine." (Patent Number 50,459)
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Object number
2015.14.555a,b
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