Starbuck Siphon Condenser, Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1878
label: patent date
content: 1878-09-10
notes: label: Description
content: This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to George H. Starbuck, of Troy, New York, September 10, 1878, no. 207827.
label: Description
content: This model represents a form of barometric condenser in which an annular jet of water is brought into contact with an annular jet of the steam to be condensed, and the resulting mixture is conducted from the condenser by a pipe extending 33 feet or more below it. The peculiar feature of this condenser is the bulbous valve, which fits within the water pipe and forms a variable annular water passage by which the quantity of water flowing can be adjusted while the shape of the annular jet of water, which is essential to the best operation of the condenser, is maintained unbroken.
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: New York, New York City
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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.309354
label: catalog number
content: 309354
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 207,827
objectType: label: Object Name
content: condenser, siphon, model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 7 in; 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 7 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 6.67004 cm x 18.0975 cm x 6.6675 cm