Model Engine
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy engine consists of a vertical duplex oscillating engine with two flywheels made of brass that consists of some homemade parts and some parts from the J.E. Stevens Company. The donor of this item, Greville Bathe, was a machinist who would fashion his own parts to complete engines and models. The engine could be powered by an external boiler.
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.329017
label: catalog number
content: 329017
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: engine, steam
label: Object Name
content: engine, steam, model
label: Object Name
content: model, steam engine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass, cast iron, wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/8 in x 3 3/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 13.0175 cm x 8.5725 cm x 13.335 cm
label: Measurements
content: crank wheels - from catalog card: 1 3/16 in; x 3.01625 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 4 3/4 in; 12.065 cm