Savery steam engine
Date
1754
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
R62588
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 128mm
width (print): 128mm
Subject
Description
Diagram of a Savery-type steam engine, with figures of steam cylinders.
The accompanying article notes improvements to the Savery engine, largely a copper ballcock float within the receiver, with a note contending that a broad cylinder is the best form for steam engines.
Plate illustrating the papers: ‘An improvement of Captain Savery’s fire engine, to render it capable of working by itself’, and ‘The best proportion for steam engine cylinders of a given content, by Francis Blake, The Gentleman’s Magazine, and historical chronicle…[edited] by Sylvanus Urban, v.24, (1754) pp.545-546.
Inscribed above: ‘Gent. Mag. Decemb. 1754.’
Sir Francis Blake, first baronet (1707/8-1780) British experimental philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1746.
Thomas Savery (1650?-1715) British engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1706.
The accompanying article notes improvements to the Savery engine, largely a copper ballcock float within the receiver, with a note contending that a broad cylinder is the best form for steam engines.
Plate illustrating the papers: ‘An improvement of Captain Savery’s fire engine, to render it capable of working by itself’, and ‘The best proportion for steam engine cylinders of a given content, by Francis Blake, The Gentleman’s Magazine, and historical chronicle…[edited] by Sylvanus Urban, v.24, (1754) pp.545-546.
Inscribed above: ‘Gent. Mag. Decemb. 1754.’
Sir Francis Blake, first baronet (1707/8-1780) British experimental philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1746.
Thomas Savery (1650?-1715) British engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1706.
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