Sewell and Cameron Steam Pump, Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1864
label: patent date
content: 1864-05-10
name: label: inventor
content: Sewell, William
label: inventor
content: Cameron, Adam S.
notes: label: Description
content: This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to William Sewell and Adam S. Cameron, of New York, New York, May 10, 1864, no. 42694.
label: Description
content: The model represents a direct-connected steam pump in which the water piston rod is keyed in a socket in the end of the steam piston rod, so that the two may be disconnected when it is desired to operate the pump by hand. The socket is sufficiently long to serve as a guide for the water piston rod, and a suitable rock shaft and capstan head is provided for working the pump by hand.
label: Description
content: The purpose of the combination is to provide a hand pump for the various purposes for which a pump might be required aboard a vessel when steam is down and the steam pump cannot be used, while eliminating some of the piping that would be necessary if separate pumps were provided.
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.308669
label: catalog number
content: 308669
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 42,694
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pump, steam and hand, model
label: Object Name
content: patent model, pump, direct action steam
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-from catalog card: 6 in x 11 1/2 in x 3 in; 15.24 cm x 29.21 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 11 1/2 in x 3 in; 15.24 cm x 29.21 cm x 7.62 cm