Model, Jacob Perkins 1823 Mill Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: 1823
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This model was made by the Bathe Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the early 20th century. Greville Bathe was a machinist and steam engine hobbyist who would fashion his own parts to complete toy steam engines and models. The model consists of vertical boiler on the first floor powering a horizontal engine on the second floor. The model identifies the building as the home of Perkins & Company Engineers of No. 69 Fleet Street, London, England.
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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.329093
label: catalog number
content: 329093
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: Measurements
content: overall-from catalog card: 18 1/2 in x 12 in x 7 in; 46.99 cm x 30.48 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 12 1/8 in x 7 1/2 in; 46.99 cm x 30.7975 cm x 19.05 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 3/4 in x 12 1/4 in x 9 in; 47.625 cm x 31.115 cm x 22.86 cm