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RefNoJS/3/11
Previous numbersIII.8
LevelItem
TitleAtmospheric Steam Engine
Date1765
DescriptionGround plan of the portable fire engine.
Plan, scale 1:24. Ink. Signed 1765
Inscribed in the hand of John Farey 'See the Printed Reports, I, 223'
Extent1 sheet
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionPaper, ink
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialEditor of 'A Catalogue of the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Designe 1741-1792 of John Smeaton FRS' 1950, Newcomen Society states this is the experimental fire engine built at Austhorpe
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