Cool schematic of a steam boat engine from an 1862 dissertation hanging on the 4th floor of the Troy Bldg at
Fun day! B4 it got hideously hot Richard and I had engine in boat, all the plumbing tight. Tomorrow: chop wood, make steam: toot-toot!
Checking out the triple expansion oil-fired steam engine of the Waverley paddle steamer. I watched it ticking round and round for most of an hour.
Inside the Waverley paddle steamer's engine room. Several tonnes of polished steel crankshaft counterweights going round at the best part of 100 revolutions per minute are not to be messed with!
Hmmmm should try coming up here first!
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