Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Detail of vertical boiler and associated steam engine in a working model steam launch Taffy a replica of Chaloner, a de Winton vertical-boilered narrow gauge railway locomotive. A vertical boiler is a type of fire-tube or water-tube boiler where the boiler barrel is oriented vertically instead of the more common horizontal orientation.
A launch-type, gunboat or horizontal multitubular boiler [1] is a form of small steam boiler. It consists of a cylindrical horizontal shell with a cylindrical furnace and fire-tubes within this. Their name derives from the boiler's popular use at one time for small steam yachts and launches .
Stuart Turner Ltd was incorporated in 1906 [2] and started to produce model steam engines, gas engines for domestic electricity, lathes, etc. Stuart Turner went on to produce further model steam designs, and in 1906 there were nine models in the range. By 1907 more space was needed so premises were rented at Market Place in the centre of Henley ...
Weeden Vertical toy steam engine in the 1912 Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog. In the late 19th century, manufacturers such as German toy company Bing introduced the two main types of model/toy steam engines, namely stationary engines with accessories that were supposed to mimic a 19th-century factory, [4] and mobile engines such as steam locomotives and boats.
Known as the Mamod Steam Railway, this offering became the first affordable, mass-produced live steam set in the United Kingdom, experiencing successful sales. Mamod swiftly expanded the range by introducing additional locomotives, namely the SL-2 and SL-3 , available in both ready-to-run and kit-form versions, catering to O (32 mm) and 1 (45 ...
Brotan boiler: a rarely used boiler for steam locomotives that combined a conventional fire-tube boiler barrel with a water-tube firebox. There is a prominent steam drum above the boiler barrel, making it resemble a Flaman boiler. [12] [13] Brotan-Deffner boiler: a variant of the Brotan boiler. The steam drum was shortened and placed behind the ...
Slip-eccentric - This gear is now confined to model steam engines, and low power hobby applications such as steam launch engines, ranging to a few horsepower. The eccentric is loose on the crankshaft but there are stops to limit its rotation relative to the crankshaft.
Steam launch Dolly was built in 1850 and has her original engine. She is a rare example of an early steam launch and has been listed (in Guinness Book of Records) as the oldest mechanically-propelled boat in the world with their original machinery. [i] She has a carvel-built wooden hull; her builder is unknown. She sank at her moorings in 1895 ...