Model Engine
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy engine consists of a vertical duplex oscillating engine 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.329016
label: catalog number
content: 329016
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 (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/8 in x 4 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 10.4775 cm x 11.43 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: flywheel - from catalog card: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 4 1/8 in; 10.4775 cm