Kimman Compressed-Air Engine
date: label: date made
content: 1900
notes: label: Description
content: This small, 3-cylinder, radial, air engine was designed and made by Henry James Kimman (1862-1921), a pioneer inventor of small portable piton air drills. It is believed that the engine was built for a steering engine on a steam roller. The experience gained in the construction of the engine directed his interest to the design of air drills, in which field he made valuable contributions.
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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: Illinois
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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: 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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Martin T. Kimman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.310189
label: catalog number
content: 310189
label: accession number
content: 112722
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drilling machine, pneumatic
label: Object Name
content: engine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 10 in x 11 in; 25.4 cm x 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 10 3/8 in x 11 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 26.3525 cm x 29.21 cm