蒸汽引擎 - Ernst Plank - 黃銅, 鉛 - 约1900年 - Ernst Plank

躺姿的黄铜锅炉 resting on a sheet-iron firebox with finely impressed masonry-dekor, two fire-door panels with perforated air rosettes and open combustion opening. Complete boiler set with steam dome, lever safety valve, steam whistle, filling fittings, manometer and water level glass with drain cock. The steam is led to the machine via a manually operated shut-off valve mounted separately on the base plate.

The lying single-cylinder machine sits on a green-painted cast bed and features eccentric-valve gear, brass cylinder, a large accumulator flywheel with broad metal rim, a centrifugal regulator as well as an additional pulley for driving accessory models. The painted wooden base plate is red, green-lined, and enclosed by a profiled black frame; two holes served for fastening drive models.

Dimensions: Base plate __ × __ cm, boiler diameter __ cm, flywheel diameter __ cm, height __ cm, weight __ kg.

Condition: Used, with signs of age and wear. Chimney and burner not present. Manometer presumably replaced later; solder joints visible on the boiler. Machine bed and flywheel probably repainted, base plate with paint defects and edge scratches. No factory proof of the assembling of boiler, machine, and base plate. Function and pressure resistance not tested; to be sold as a collector’s and display object.

Shipping insured and carefully packed from Germany.