Patent Model - Improvement in Rotary Engine
Maker and role
Tapley Pyron, Patentee
Production date
Apr 22 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass, steel, copper
Measurements
11 1/4 x 13 x 10" (28.6 x 33 x 25.4cm)
Description
Pyron's invention has "relation to improvements in rotary steam-engines, commonly known as the 'breast-wheel engine;' and the nature of the invention consists in a breast-wheel having an annular half-round rabbet on its perimeter, provided with a succession of angular notches, one wall of the said notches being radial and the other recessed in semi-conoidal form, whereby the impinging surfaces of the floats are greatly set forth." (Patent Number 214,702)
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Object number
2015.14.2854a,b
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