Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This model engine is a vertical engine with a 2.5-inch flywheel on top of an oil-can boiler. This engine consists of some homemade parts and some parts from the J.E. Stevens Company. The donor of this item, Greville Bathe, was a machinist who would fashion his own parts to complete engines and models.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
- ID Number
- MC.329018
- catalog number
- 329018
- accession number
- 278175
- Object Name
- engine and boiler, steam
- engine and boiler, steam, model
- model, steam engine and boiler
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- flywheel-from catalog card: 2 1/2 in; x 6.35 cm
- overall-from catalog card: 7 in; 17.78 cm
- overall: 7 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 18.415 cm x 10.795 cm
- Related Publication
- Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
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- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Family & Social Life
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Engineering Steam Toys and Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_847244
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-6b7a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
