Portable Engine

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Side view of a portable steam engine built by the Cail Company — Portable engine on wheels.
(P. 60.)

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