Whitworth's workshop length measuring machine for measuring to an accuracy of 1/40,000 inch. Whitworth's workshop length measuring machine for measuring to an accuracy of 1/40 1871
Original screw-cutting lathe, made by Henry Maudslay, end of 18th century Henry Maudslay's original screw-cutting lathe, c.1800 circa 1800
Rose engine lathe used to manufacture compound printing plates, built by Bryan Donkin, London, 1821. 1821
230 H.P. Benz six-cylinder water cooled aero engine No. 33.278, by Benz & Cie, Mannheim, Germany, 1916. Later, the engine No. 33.278 is ascribed with British War Department number: W.D. No. 101,863. 230 H.P. Benz six-cylinder water cooled aero engine No. 33.278 1916
Single cylinder non-condensing horizontal engine, Corliss valve gear, by John Musgrave & Sons Ltd, Bolton, 1898. Part sectioned to show valves, scale 1:6 Horizontal Engine with Corliss Valve Gear, c. 1898 1898
Partly sectioned 100 K.W. Radial Flow Steam Turbine alternator with Generator, built by C. A. Parsons and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1892 for the Cambridge Electric Supply Company. 100 K.W. Parsons' Radial Flow Steam Turbine alternator with Generator, partly sectioned 1892
Model representing Murray's portable beam engine, by James Fox, Derby, 1808 Model of Murray's portable beam engine 1808
Original coaking machine, built by Henry Maudslay and installed at in the block mills at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1804 Original coaking machine, installed at Portsmouth 1804
One and half inch gunmetal patent asbestos packed cock with screwed ends, used in boiler fittings 1874-1880
Copper fuel-line with ‘elbow bend’ and pipe connector at each end, unsigned, Europe, 1970-1973. From high altitude, pressurized hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: with the overall design specification by Julian Nott, England; cabin shell structure designed by Roger Munk at Aerospace Developments, London, England, and Tony Offredi, England; and constructed by Maidboats Limited, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, 1973. On 25th February 1974, Julian Nott and Felix Pole used ‘Daffodil II’, to break the world hot-air balloon altitude record. They reached a height of 13,961 metres near Lake Bhopal, central India. Copper fuel-line with ‘elbow bend’, from hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: 1974 world altitude record holder 1973
Parkers automatic screw making machine, size A, by Greenwood and Batley Ltd. Parkers automatic screw making machine circa 1880
Grasshopper beam engine, from the South London Brewery, Southwark, possibly by Easton and Amos, c. 1851 Grasshopper Steam Engine, c. 1851 1851
Model of James Nasmyth's direct-action steam hammer, scale 1:4 Model of James Nasmyth's direct-action steam hammer 1843-1857
Fuel throttle valve, in gun-metal elbow, from ‘Gnome’ 50 HP 7-cylinder rotary aero engine, designed by Louis Seguin and Laurent Seguin, and made by La Société des Moteurs Gnome, France, 1908 Fuel throttle valve 1908
Sextant with polished brass and gunmetal frame, polished brass limb, detachable wooden handle and fitted mahogany case, by Matthew Berge, London, England, 1810-1815. Consists of inlaid polished silver 131° scale (-2° to 155°) with 20’ divisions and vernier, four index-filter shades (red & green) and three horizon filters (red & green), scale magnifier on 80mm swivelling arm. Fitted with threaded telescope bracket for sighting telescopes (62mm – erect image 134mm – inverted image & 58mm – tube) and detachable silvered plate for reading scales. Brass framed sextant. 1810-1815
12-inch diameter series 'O' Gilkes' Francis Turbine (4.2 bhp on nett working fall of 5 ft. using 570 cubic ft of water per minute; 270 rpm), with suspension bearing, steel countershaft, and hand operating gear for working guide-blades. Developed by James Bicheno Francis, it became widely accepted as the best for heads of water up to 50 m. Manufactured by Gilbert Gilkes & Co., Kendal, Cumbria, England, 1924. Francis Turbine, 1924 1924
Cornish Pumping Engine built by Harvey & Co of Hayle, Cornwall, for display at the International Exhibition of 1862 Cornish Pumping Engine, 1862 1862
Screw propeller of HMS 'Rattler' (1843), unknown maker, England, 1843 Screw propeller of HMS Rattler 1843