Murray's Hypocycloidal Engine

Murray's Hypocycloidal Engine
Murray's Hypocycloidal Engine
	The engine at Thinktank
Origins
Type	Hypocycloidal
Designer	Matthew Murray
Maker	Fenton, Murray and Wood
Date	1805
Country of origin	England
Former operator	1805 – 1931: John Bradley & Co, Stourbridge; 1931 – 1961: N. Hingley & Sons Ltd, Netherton;
Measurements
Cylinders	1
Preservation
Collection	Birmingham Museums Trust
Location	Thinktank, Digbeth, Birmingham, England
Accession no.	1961S01437.00001

Murray's Hypocycloidal Engine, now in Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, England, was made around 1805 and is the world's third-oldest working steam engine and the oldest working engine with a Tusi couple hypocycloidal straight line mechanism.

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