Corliss Water-Tube Boiler, Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-05-27
name: label: inventor
content: Corliss, George H.
notes: label: Description
content: This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to George H. Corliss, of Providence, Rhode Island, May 27, 1879, no. 215798.
label: Description
content: The model represents a bank of curved water tubes joined in vertical rows by the separate cases or tube ends, which are the subject of the patent. Each end of each tube is threaded into the side of the cylindrical casting, which is provided with machined surfaces that allow the separate castings to go together tightly to form a continuous tube sheet or header for each vertical row of tubes. The castings forming each header are held together by a single long bolt, which threads into a casting that forms a common connector along the lower ends of the vertical headers.
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: Rhode Island
label: associated place
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
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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.309214
label: catalog number
content: 309214
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 215,798
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boiler, steam
label: Object Name
content: boiler, steam, model
label: Object Name
content: patent model, boiler, steam, tubular
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 11 1/8 in x 6 in; 16.51 cm x 28.2575 cm x 15.24 cm