Model Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: 1910
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This metal steam engine model was manufactured by Bathe around 1910. The engine is a vertical table engine with a rotary valve 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Engineering Steam Toys and Models
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of the Estate of Greville i. Bathe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.329025
label: catalog number
content: 329025
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: engine, steam
label: Object Name
content: engine, steam, model
label: Object Name
content: model, steam engine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 5 3/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 13.6525 cm x 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: flywheel - from catalog card: 3 3/4 in; x 9.525 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 7 in x 5 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 13.97 cm x 13.97 cm