Demonstration Model of a Corliss Mill Steam Engine, ca 1875
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
notes: label: Description
content: This is a model of a steam engine utilizing the Corliss patent design for an automatic cutoff gear. George H. Corliss was a prolific inventor of steam technology in the middle 1800s and was the founder of the Corliss Steam Engine Company. His engines were used worldwide, and his designs were adopted by other engine manufacturers. Other examples of Corliss engines and patent models of his cutoff gear inventions can be found at www.collections.si.edu.
label: Description
content: The model was built in the Corliss works about 1875 and was used for demonstration and promotion. The model is very detailed, to include a working fly ball governor with its linkage for controlling the advance of the cutoff gear. It is made of bronze and steel and is mounted on a silver plated steel base.
topic: label: Subject
content: Model
label: Subject
content: Steam Engines
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
label: Exhibition
content: Power Machinery
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Division of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.327675
label: catalog number
content: 327675
label: accession number
content: 268278
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Engine, Steam, Case
label: Object Name
content: engine, steam, Corliss, model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 1/2 in x 16 in x 16 in; 105.41 cm x 40.64 cm x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: drive gear: 8 1/2 in; x 21.59 cm