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- Model of a Duplex Pump -
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Model of a Duplex Pump
- Moira Engine, 1821 -
- 1821
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Moira Engine, 1821
- Cycloidal Engine, circa 1805 - Inventors tried a variety of different designs for steam engines after James Watt's patents expired in 1800. The builders of this engine developed a clever system of gears to turn the engine's up and down motion into the rotary motion. The complex planetary or cycloidal gearing eliminated the great beam used by Watt and others, and produced a compact engine.
- circa 1805
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Cycloidal Engine, circa 1805
Inventors tried a variety of different designs for steam engines after James Watt's patents expired in 1800. The builders of this engine developed a clever system of gears to turn the engine's up and down motion into the rotary motion. The complex planetary or cycloidal gearing eliminated the great beam used by Watt and others, and produced a compact engine.
- Air Pump with Motor -
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Air Pump with Motor
- Clinton Manufacturing Co. Dandy Barrel Pump, 1901-1920 - Farmers, distillers, and merchants used pumps like this one to dispense vinegar, cider, whiskey, syrups, oils, and other liquids from large wooden barrels into smaller containers. The manufacturer of this "dandy" device supplied instruction on how to use and clean the pump on the blue, adhered label.
- 1901-1920
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Clinton Manufacturing Co. Dandy Barrel Pump, 1901-1920
Farmers, distillers, and merchants used pumps like this one to dispense vinegar, cider, whiskey, syrups, oils, and other liquids from large wooden barrels into smaller containers. The manufacturer of this "dandy" device supplied instruction on how to use and clean the pump on the blue, adhered label.
- Poster, "The Westinghouse Air Brake Company 9-1/2 Inch Air Pump Diagrams," circa 1910 - Before the air brake's introduction, brakemen stopped trains by scrambling from car to car and setting individual brake mechanisms on each one. It was dangerous even in fair weather, let alone in wet or icy conditions. George Westinghouse's brake used air pumped from the locomotive, through an airline running the train's length, to operate brakes on each car automatically.
- circa 1910
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Poster, "The Westinghouse Air Brake Company 9-1/2 Inch Air Pump Diagrams," circa 1910
Before the air brake's introduction, brakemen stopped trains by scrambling from car to car and setting individual brake mechanisms on each one. It was dangerous even in fair weather, let alone in wet or icy conditions. George Westinghouse's brake used air pumped from the locomotive, through an airline running the train's length, to operate brakes on each car automatically.
- Ashcroft Manufacturing Company Tachometer, circa 1920 -
- circa 1920
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Ashcroft Manufacturing Company Tachometer, circa 1920
- Watt Canal Pumping Engine, 1796 - Boulton and Watt built this engine for the Warwick and Birmingham Canal Navigation Company in 1796. It was used at the Bowyer Street pumping station in Birmingham, England, to pump water on the Bordesley Canal until 1854, when it was superseded by a more modern engine. The engine remained in the pumping station until coming to The Henry Ford in 1929.
- 1796
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Watt Canal Pumping Engine, 1796
Boulton and Watt built this engine for the Warwick and Birmingham Canal Navigation Company in 1796. It was used at the Bowyer Street pumping station in Birmingham, England, to pump water on the Bordesley Canal until 1854, when it was superseded by a more modern engine. The engine remained in the pumping station until coming to The Henry Ford in 1929.
- Newcomen Engine, circa 1750 - This is the oldest known surviving steam engine in the world. Named for its inventor Thomas Newcomen, the engine converted chemical energy in the fuel into useful mechanical work. Its early history is not known, but it was used to pump water out of the Cannel mine in the Lancashire coalfields of England in about 1765. The engine was presented to Henry Ford in 1929.
- circa 1750
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Newcomen Engine, circa 1750
This is the oldest known surviving steam engine in the world. Named for its inventor Thomas Newcomen, the engine converted chemical energy in the fuel into useful mechanical work. Its early history is not known, but it was used to pump water out of the Cannel mine in the Lancashire coalfields of England in about 1765. The engine was presented to Henry Ford in 1929.