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.

[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.

[www.sciencemuseum.org.uk]

Here is a link to the picture of the engine.

[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

[www.ctie.monash.edu.au]

Caleb Ramsby



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/2008 09:16PM by Caleb Ramsby.

Just found his downloadable book on Google Books

[books.google.com]

Artificial and Natural Flight by Sir Hiram Maxim

Holy cow,

Caleb Ramsby

Hi Caleb

I must be stupid but I don't see any way of downloading the book. I've had this problem before with Google, might be a territory thing. For anyone else having this problem try [www.archive.org] and search for title. Great resource for books.

Brian

Brian,

There should be an arrow, with the word "download" beside it at the right of the screen. It is in a side bar, which may be closed or hidden on your computer.

Hope that helps, I have certainly had my share of issues with all things computer!LOL

Caleb Ramsby

Hi,,,Does the hole in the connectingrod allow to fill the tubular hollow rod with oil,,same as the 1896 Duryea,,made in Springfield,,[gas car] Cheers Ben

Hi Caleb

Google is the problem, it seems this book is "not available to a user in a particular geographic location"

I cannot get a list of these locations but I guess Scotland's devolution from the UK makes me some sort of threat!!

Brian

Brian found it at [www.archive.org]

Sounds likely ben, I can imagine the oil being thrown about inside the connecting rod and forcing it's way into the crank pin bearings or throught the connecting rod to the crosshead pin. . .

Caleb Ramsby

Try contacting the Science Museum via their website www.sciencemuseum.org.uk. There will be a "technical file" on the Maxim Engine in the Museum's Documentation Centre, which might have the information your are looking for.