overall-from catalog card: 14 in x 10 in; 35.56 cm x 25.4 cm
overall: 12 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 31.115 cm x 24.13 cm x 21.59 cm
Object Name:
turbine, hydraulic, model
patent model, water wheel turbine
Object Type:
Patent Model
Place made:
United States: Indiana
Associated place:
United States: Indiana, La Porte
Date made:
1880
Patent date:
1880-02-10
Description:
This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to Edgar B. Brooks, of La Porte, Indiana, February 10, 1880; no. 224270.
This is a nicely made brass model of an inward-flow reaction turbine having the register type of adjustable feed chutes or guide vanes and a cylinder water gate. The combination relieves the guide vanes of the function of cutting off the water when the wheel is to be stopped and makes it unnecessary that the guide vanes close perfectly, so that any looseness developed in them by wear is immaterial.
Reference:
This description comes from the 1939 Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States Museum Bulletin 173 by Frank A. Taylor.
Location:
Currently not on view
Related Publication:
Frank A. Taylor. Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States National Museum, Bulletin 173
