Patent Model - Improvement in Rotary Engines
Maker and role
Josiah Simpson, Patentee
Production date
Nov 28 1876
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, brass
Measurements
10 x 9 1/2 x 7" (25.4 x 24.1 x 17.8cm)
Description
Simpson's patent is a "new, useful, and Improved Revoluble Reciprocating Steam-Engine" and it "consists, first, of a cone secured to the main shaft, and provided with diametrical slots, in combination with a stand and the revolving cylinder; secondly, of a vertically-revolving cylinder secured to the main shaft of the machine, and provided with two ports, each of which becomes alternately a steam and exhaust port, a reciprocating piston and rod, which revolves with the revolving cylinder, and a crank whose center is eccentric to the center of the revolving cylinder..." (Patent Number 184,919)
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Object number
2015.14.2294a,b
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