Electric Motor Driven Water Pump
Craftsman: Birk Petersen
Catalog #: 2016.15.39b
Donor: Mark Petersen
A miniature water pump driven by an electric motor via a pulley.
Thermo-Acoustic (Flame) Engine
Craftsman: Birk Petersen
Catalog #: 2016.15.38
Donor: Mark Petersen
Birk’s thermo-acoustic (flame) engine with brass alcohol burner.
Corliss Horizontal Steam Engine
Craftsman: Birk Petersen
Catalog #: 2016.15.37
Donor: Mark Petersen
Birk’s miniature Corliss horizontal steam engine. He made all the patterns and castings, and did all of the machining as well.
Tin Brass Steam Engine
Craftsman: Birk Petersen
Catalog #: 2016.15.33
Donor: Mark Petersen
Birk built this small brass horizontal oscillating steam engine using his Chinese 7×10 lathe.
Bottle Washing Engine
Craftsman: Birk Petersen
Catalog #: 2016.15.32
Donor: Mark Petersen
In this clever invention, a steam engine drives a bottle brush in and out of a bottle neck for cleaning.
Matthew Murray Hypocycloidal Steam Engine
Craftsman: Birk Petersen
Catalog #: 2016.15.26
Donor: Mark Petersen
This Matthew Murray hypocycloidal steam engine with planetary gear drive was originally designed in 1802.
Model Rock Crusher
Craftsman: Birk Petersen
Catalog #: 2016.15.25
Donor: Mark Petersen
This interesting model is a tiny rock crusher. It has an electric motor powered with twin flywheels.
Robert Stirling’s Fourth Engine
Craftsman: Birk Petersen
Catalog #: 2016.15.24
Donor: Mark Petersen
This is a small model of Robert Stirling’s fourth engine.
Pneumatic Jackhammer
Craftsman: Birk Petersen
Catalog #: 2016.15.22
Donor: Mark Petersen
This miniature pneumatic jackhammer is displayed in a piece of burl wood.
“Fill In” Steam Engine
Craftsman: Birk Petersen
Catalog #: 2016.15.16
Donor: Mark Petersen
This one-cylinder vertical steam engine with a red flywheel was built by Birk as a “fill-in” project between other pieces.
Steeple Engine
Craftsman: Birk Petersen
Catalog #: 2016.15.12
Donor: Mark Petersen
A vertical piston drives the flywheel via a cast frame with “steeple” shaped side members.
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