I was wondering if anyone could help me out here.
I am trying to figure our how Maxim connected the top cylinder head, piston cylinder, bottem cylinder head and crosshead cylinder.
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www.centennialofflight.gov]
I think that a smaller and higher pressure one of these would be pretty wild in a steam car. Mabey simpled or . . .
It appears that the top head and the frame rods to crosshead cylinder connections are made with a bunch of bolts.
A curious idea would be to use the Stanley thread head idea to keep it all together, then just use the frames to keep the crank in place, mabey take the power off from the side or add another pair of frame rods in the middle so as to support two bearings for the drive gear. Lots of options. Don't know how well that would work though, just an idea.
WOW, I just found out that the engine still exists!
It appears to be at the Science Musuem, located at
Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD.
Here is a link to their site.
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www.sciencemuseum.org.uk]
Here is a link to the picture of the engine.
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www.sciencemuseum.org.uk]
I think that my heart skiped a few beats when I found that!
Here is a more comprehensive web page about Maxim
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www.ctie.monash.edu.au]
Caleb Ramsby
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/2008 09:16PM by Caleb Ramsby.