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Model of a Beam Engine, by Watkins & Hill, London, c. 1840

Inventory Number 26418

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.26418

Subject
Models
Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford.
Primary inscriptions
Signed on a brass plaque: "WATKINS & HILL, 5, CHARING CROSS, LONDON."
Object type
Beam engine
Dimensions
Height: 1323mm Width: 1145mm Depth: 504mm
Inventory No
26418

Description

A large wooden base painted black with a glass case on top housing a model steam engine comprising of a metal water tank covered with red paint and a metal engine with gears, pistons, and pulleys with a black finish.

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