Water Motor, Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-11-04
name: label: inventor
content: Eyster, Wilbur F.
notes: label: Description
content: This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to W. F. Eyster, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1879.
label: Description
content: The model represents a vertical cylindrical water tube having a vertical slot in one side through which the rim of a vertical water wheel extends into the tube. The water wheel is supported and enclosed in a flat circular chamber, which bolts to the side of the water tube. A nozzle within the tube at the top directs the water downward against the buckets of the wheel at about the height of the center of the wheel. A plug cock at the top of the tube controls the flow of water, and a funnel-shaped flange below the cock drains any leakage into the water tube. One feature of the motor is that the part of the water tube that carries the water wheel is free to revolve about its vertical axis, so that the bulky part of the motor can be put in the position most convenient to the machine operator.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Chambersburg
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Bulletin 173
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Frank A. Taylor. Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States National Museum, Bulletin 173
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.309204
label: catalog number
content: 309204
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 221,225
objectType: label: Object Name
content: indicator, steam engine
label: Object Name
content: indicator, steam engine, model
label: Object Name
content: patent model, motor, water
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nickel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-from catalog card: 5 in x 15 in; 12.7 cm x 38.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/8 in x 5 in x 3 5/8 in; 30.7975 cm x 12.7 cm x 9.2075 cm