William Mont Storm Engine, Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1865
label: patent date
content: 1865-07-11
name: label: inventor
content: Storm, William Mont
notes: label: Description
content: This model formed part of the application to the U.S. Patent Office for the patent issued to William Mont Storm on July 11, 1865, no. 48777.
label: Description
content: This is a 3-cylinder engine of a radial type, designed to produce rotary motion with compactness and simplicity.
label: Description
content: The engine consists of two horizontal, opposed, single-acting cylinders and one vertical double-acting cylinder. The pistons of the horizontal cylinders are extended and joined to form a slotted crosshead in which one crank of the crankshaft moves. The piston in the vertical cylinder has a much shorter stroke and the piston rod from it extends to a second cross head and crank. D-slide valves are operated by a very small crank at the end of the crankshaft, in a valve chest located at the center of the engine. 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: New York
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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: MC.309195
label: catalog number
content: 309195
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 48,777
objectType: label: Object Name
content: engine, steam, model
label: Object Name
content: patent model, engine, steam
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass, wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-from catalog card: 6 in x 8 in; 15.24 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 9 1/8 in x 5 3/4 in; 20.955 cm x 23.1775 cm x 14.605 cm