Model Engine

Description (Brief):

This metal steam engine model was made by Greville Bathe in 1913. The horizontal table engine has a vertical cylinder and flywheel. The donor of this item, Greville Bathe, was a machinist and engine hobbyist who would fashion his own parts to create model engines.

Date Made: 1913

Location: Currently not on view

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Related Publication: Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection

Credit Line: Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MC.329024Catalog Number: 329024Accession Number: 278175

Object Name: engine, steamengine, steam, modelmodel, steam engine

Measurements: overall: 6 1/4 in x 9 3/4 in x 5 7/8 in; 15.875 cm x 24.765 cm x 14.9225 cmflywheel - from catalog card: 4 3/8 in; x 11.1125 cmbase - from catalog card: 9 3/4 in x 6 in; x 24.765 cm x 15.24 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-6b7d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_847247

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