1853-03-01 The Artizan - Ferrabee Vertical Steam Engine

THE ARTIZAN.    No. CXXII.-VOL. XI.-MARCH 1ST, 1853.

.-Messrs. Ferrabee, of Stroud, have recently registered a novel form of steam engine, which has the merit of being simple and compact, whilst all the parts are easily got at. At the same time it is perfectly self-contained, and in- dependent of the walls of the engine room for its fixing, which renders it easily moveable, a desideratum for tenant farmers. The arrangement does not require any lengthened description. The cylinder is bolted to the foot of and outside of a strong column, on the top of which are That bolted the plumer blocks for the crank shaft. The fly wheel runs in the middle of the column, and serves conveniently for a driving pulley, since, for driving a threshing machine, a high speed, say 1,000 revolutions per minute, is ultimately required. The slide valve is worked off a weigh shaft, and the same eccentric also serves to work the feed pump. Altogether, this is a very creditable piece of arrangement.