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Artist
- Name:
- Bertrand, Joannès
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Science & technology
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Les grandes usines, vol. 2
- Author(s):
- Turgan, Julien
- Publisher:
- Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1869
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Side view of a portable steam engine built by the Cail Company. This sort of engine could be moved by one or more horses from one work site to another, where it would be used for any type of mechanical power transmission.
The caption reads in the original French: Locomobile montée sur son train.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, black & white, machine, steam
