Corliss Receiver and Reheater, Patent Model
Corliss Receiver and Reheater, Patent Model
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Engine, Steam, Compound
- receiver and reheater, compound steam engine, model
- date made
- 1879
- place made
- United States: Rhode Island
- Measurements
- wood base - from catalog card: 6 1/2 in x 6 in x 9 in; 16.51 cm x 15.24 cm x 22.86 cm
- overall: 6 1/2 in x 9 1/8 in x 6 in; 16.51 cm x 23.1775 cm x 15.24 cm
- ID Number
- MC.315796
- catalog number
- 315796
- accession number
- 220797
- patent number
- 215,799
- Credit Line
- Gift of Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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