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Parts of Model of a Steam Engine?, English, 19th Century

Inventory Number 91910


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.91910

Item type
Object
Provenance
According to handwritten note, these are the unattached components of an English model of a steam engine which were removed for safety to forestall pilfering.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated.
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Paper
Dimensions
Diameter: 17mm Height: 18mm Width: 154mm Depth: 59mm Weight: 209g
Inventory No
91910

Description

Two components: one bright copper alloy cylindrical weight with large ring in the top; one ornate spout of a tap soldered to a pipe with screw-thread at the end, also of copper alloy.