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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1851/P/3/5
Former ReferenceD1851 B 17
TitleEngraving of beam engine
Date[early 19th Cent]
DescriptionThe appearance of the engine is similar to that of D5029/19/13 (Samuel Halls patent Improvements on Steam Engines, 1834).
Scale 3/4 inch: 1 foot
Notes on the drawing give the name "Baxter" and address "3 Charter House Square". The 1843 Kelly's Directory of London gives this as the address of George Baxter, "engraver, inventor and patentee of printing in oil colours".
The document also bears a handwritten note "From Middleton".
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorBryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield (1902-c1997), formerly of Bermondsey, Surrey (1803-1902), engineering firm
CopiesA digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office
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