Model of a Revolving Cylinder Engine – Late 19th Century
notes: label: Description
content: This is a model from the late 19th Century. It represents an engine with a cylinder that, instead of being mounted in a fixed horizontal or vertical position, revolves around its center. It is mounted off the center of the flywheel and driveshaft of the engine so that the piston rod exerts force on the shaft as the cylinder revolves. This was an attempted improvement on the oscillating engine. The structure, however, is basically weak due to the difficulty of supporting the cylinder and flywheel shafts eccentrically to one another and at the same time allowing the rim connection to pass by.
topic: label: Subject
content: Patent Models
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
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content: Patent Models
label: Exhibition
content: Power Machinery
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.308727
label: catalog number
content: 308727
label: accession number
content: 89,797
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Engine, Steam
label: Object Name
content: engine, steam, model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 8 in x 9 in; 20.32 cm x 20.32 cm x 22.86 cm