Hot-Air Engine Toy
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This hot-air engine toy was manufactured by an unknown maker (possibly Ernst Plank) during the early 20th century. The engine is not a steam engine, as no water is heated. Instead the firebox heats air which expands and moves a piston to create useful mechanical work. The toy is a horizontal engine made of white metal with a 3.25-inch flywheel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.329056
label: catalog number
content: 329056
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: engine, hot air
label: Object Name
content: engine, hot air, toy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: white metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (base material)
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 10 in x 6 1/2 in; x 25.4 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: flywheel - from catalog card: 3 1/4 in; x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 6 3/8 in x 9 3/4 in; 29.21 cm x 16.1925 cm x 24.765 cm