1780s Double-acting Engine to replace Coates & Co.'s Horse Gin and Millwork
Drawing of Coates & Co.’s Horse Gin and Millwork to be replaced by a double-acting engine.
Henry Coates and John Jarratt bought this 7 horse power sun & planet engine for their oil mill at Sculcoates, ...
1780s Double-acting Engine's Working Gear, Soho Manufactory
Drawing of the working gear of the double-acting engine, Soho Manufactory.
The idea of using steam to push a piston both up and down, thus allowing an engine to make a powered stroke in both directions, ...
1780s Double-acting Pumping Engine at River Head Works replaced this Atmospheric Engine Designed by John Smeaton in the 1760s
Upright section of atmospheric engine, at New River Head Water Works, London.
Until the installation of the Boulton & Watt 32 inch engine in 1785, this engine was used to pump water at the New River ...
1780s Double-acting Pumping Engine for River Head Water Works
General view of pumping engine for New River Head Water Works, London, [Portfolio 5/1090]
This drawing shows a typical Boulton & Watt pumping engine of the 1780s and 1790s. The engine was double-acting, ...
1780s Double-acting Sun & Planet Engine for a Tobacco & Snuff Mill
Top part of drawing of elevation and plans of Messrs. Fish & Yates’ Tobacco and Snuff Mill, London.
Samuel Fish and John Yates bought an 8 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with a 16 ...
1780s Double-acting Sun & Planet Engine for a Tobacco and Snuff Mill
Lower part of drawing of elevation and plans of Messrs. Fish & Yates’ Tobacco and Snuff Mill, London.
Samuel Fish and John Yates bought an 8 horse power double-acting sun & planet engine, with a ...
1780s Framing for Samuel Whitbread's Engine, London
Reverse side view of the framing for Samuel Whitbread’s engine, London.
The parallel motion was first used on an engine for the London brewer Samuel Whitbread, in 1784. The engine was single-acting, ...
1780s 'Great Engine' for London Bridge
Plan of the 'Great Engine' at London Bridge, March 1787.
The 'Great Engine' was actually a large water wheel that was installed in the fifth arch of London Bridge. The water wheel worked a series ...
1780s Parallel Motion for Thomas Allingham of Rotherhithe
Parallel Motion for Thomas Allingham, Rotherhithe.
Watt developed the parallel motion to keep the piston rod absolutely vertical as the beam moved up and down. If the piston was slightly at an angle, ...
1780s Pumping Engine for Rotterdam
Preliminary drawings of the engine house for pumping engine, near Rotterdam, Holland.
Drainage of the polders and low-lying lands was a major issue for authorities in Holland. The steam engine seemed ...
1780s Pumping Engine for the Coalbrookdale Company
Top view of the beam of the pumping engine for the Coalbrookdale Company, Shropshire.
This massive engine, with a 66 inch cylinder, was built for Joseph Rathbone & Co., better known as the Coalbrookdale ...
1780s Pumping Engine for the Coalbrookdale Company
Side view of pumping engine for the Coalbrookdale Company, Shropshire.
This massive engine, with a 66 inch cylinder, was built for Joseph Rathbone & Co., better known as the Coalbrookdale Co. The Coalbrookdale ...
1780s Rotative 'Sun & Planet' Pumping Engine for River Head Water Works
Proposed design of inside view of the rotative machinery and pump work, seen from the end of the engine house, at New River Head Water Works, London.
Some of Boulton & Watt’s first engines had been ...
1780s Rotative 'Sun and Planet' Pumping Engine for River Head Water Works
Proposed design for a pumping engine at New River Head Water Works, London.
Some of Boulton & Watt’s first engines had been supplied to London water works; in the 1780s they received several more ...
1780s Single-acting Engine for the Hallamanin Mine
Reverse plan and section and outside view of the beam of engine for the Hallamanin Mine, Cornwall.
Cornwall continued to be a major market for Boulton & Watt during the 1780s, and they supplied larger ...
1780s Steam Wheel
Drawing of steam wheel, circa 1781.
The steam wheel was Watt’s first design for using steam to create rotary (round and round) motion. The steam wheel was essentially a steam turbine. It consisted ...
1780s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Coates & Co.'s Oil Mill
Reverse section of 'sun & planet' engine for Coates & Co., Oil Mill, Hull, Yorkshire.
Henry Coates and John Jarratt bought this 7 horse power 'sun & planet' engine for their oil mill at Sculcoates, ...
1780s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Cotton Mill
Reverse general section of 'sun & planet' engine for George & James Robinson, Cotton Mill, Papplewick, Nottinghamshire.
George and James Robinson were father and son, and were the first cotton spinners ...