Murray's Hypocycloidal Engine
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Murray's Hypocycloidal Engine, now in Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, England, was made around 1805[1] and is the world's third-oldest working steam engine[2] and the oldest working engine with a Tusi couple hypocycloidal straight line mechanism.[lower-alpha 1]
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Murray's Hypocycloidal Engine | |
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Origins | |
Type | Hypocycloidal |
Designer | Matthew Murray |
Maker | Fenton, Murray and Wood |
Date | 1805 (1805) |
Country of origin | England |
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Cylinders | 1 |
Preservation | |
Collection | Birmingham Museums Trust |
Location | Thinktank, Digbeth, Birmingham, England |
Accession no. | 1961S01437.00001 |
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