Model Brush Parsons Steam Turbo-Alternator
A paperweight model of a Brush Parsons steam turbine electricity generator.
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Model Steam Engine & Boiler
A working model steam engine, with boiler, feed pump, header tank etc. Very detailed, maker unknown but a little plaque reads “Richard’s Engineering Wks Est 1970.
Nevelin Mercury Vapour Rectifier
An unused small 3-phase mercury vapour rectifier made by Nevelin of Croydon, from an old Scottish telephone exchange.
ECC Mercury Vapour Rectifier
A 3-phase mercury vapour rectifier made by the Electric Construction Company Ltd of Wolverhampton, from an old Scottish telephone exchange.
Christie & Wilson Azimuth Mirror
A prism-type azimuth mirror for ship navigation, made by Christie & Wilson of Glasgow, to a design by William Thompson (later Lord Kelvin).
Speed & Power Shipbuilding Slide Rule
A specialist slide rule for calculating speed and power of a steamship, stamped for Yarrow & Co Ltd Glasgow, Engineers & Shipbuilders. Another unstamped one is also in the museum.
Take-To-Pieces Model Queen Mary
A model of the RMS Queen Mary made by Chad Valley, with twelve deck sections showing the internal layout.
Enamel Electricity Safety Sign
An enamel electricity safety sign from the Caldwell’s paper mill in Inverkeithing, Fife.
Lobnitz Ship Winch Control Plates
Three brass control plates from the ship winch at Lobnitz & Co’s Renfrew yard.
Falkirk Iron Co. Boiler Plate
A cast maker’s plate from a gas-fired boiler made by the Falkirk Iron Company.
Water Turbine Drawings
A pair of drawings of a proposed 30” Hercules water turbine, to be built by John Turnbull Jr. & Sons of Glasgow for Paton’s mill in Johnstone, dating from the 1890s.