Miller Rotary Steam Engine, Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1859
label: patent date
content: 1859-05-03
name: label: inventor
content: Miller, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to Charles Miller, of Belleville, Illinois, May 3, 1859, no. 23852.
label: Description
content: The engine has two oval pistons or cams each running in a separate circular cylinder or casing. Sliding abutments in the casing bearing on the edges of the cams direct the steam in the forward direction around the casing. Admission of steam is controlled by two flat slide valves working in steam chests on top of the casing. The valves are operated by two eccentrics on the engine shaft. The engine is reversible.
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: Illinois
label: associated place
content: United States: Illinois, Belleville
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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: ER.251294
label: accession number
content: 48865
label: catalog number
content: 251294
label: patent number
content: 23,852
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rotary steam engine, model
label: Object Name
content: patent model, engine, steam
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-from catalog card: 9 in x 12 in x 9 in; 22.86 cm x 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/8 in x 12 in x 9 1/4 in; 23.8125 cm x 30.48 cm x 23.495 cm