Miller Rotary Steam Engine, Patent Model

Description:

This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to Charles Miller, of Belleville, Illinois, May 3, 1859, no. 23852.

The engine has two oval pistons or cams each running in a separate circular cylinder or casing. Sliding abutments in the casing bearing on the edges of the cams direct the steam in the forward direction around the casing. Admission of steam is controlled by two flat slide valves working in steam chests on top of the casing. The valves are operated by two eccentrics on the engine shaft. The engine is reversible.

Reference:

This description comes from the 1939 Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States Museum Bulletin 173 by Frank A. Taylor.

Date Made: 1859Patent Date: 1859-05-03

Inventor: Miller, Charles

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: IllinoisAssociated Place: United States: Illinois, Belleville

See more items in: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Bulletin 173, Engineering, Building, and Architecture, Work, Industry & Manufacturing

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Related Publication: Frank A. Taylor. Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States National Museum, Bulletin 173

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: ER.251294Accession Number: 48865Catalog Number: 251294Patent Number: 23,852

Object Name: rotary steam engine, modelpatent model, engine, steamObject Type: Patent Model

Measurements: overall-from catalog card: 9 in x 12 in x 9 in; 22.86 cm x 30.48 cm x 22.86 cmoverall: 9 3/8 in x 12 in x 9 1/4 in; 23.8125 cm x 30.48 cm x 23.495 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-15b9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1063720

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