Title

The working parts of James Watt's double acting engine, 1866. Artist: Unknown

Caption

The working parts of James Watt's double acting engine, 1866. Watt patented the double-acting steam engine, in which the piston pulls as well as pushes, in 1782. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II, Virtue and Co, London, 1866.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1866

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C51_266

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,8Mb (4,0Mb) / 16,3in x 11,9in / 4899 x 3555 (300dpi)

Keywords

event technology industry country science steam British component Scotland industrial machine machinery location SCOTTISH century Britain steam power diagram invention B&W steam engine MONOCHROME industrial revolution 19th century black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century Scots The Print Collector James engraving Unknown James Watt Watt double acting engine James Watt engraving