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1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: E. R. Turner

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Turner's Four-horse Portable Steam-engine
Turner's Steam-boiler Feeding Apparatus
Turner's Crushing Mill

182. TURNER, E. R., Ipswich — Inventor and Manufacturer.

Four-horse power portable steam-engine, for agricultural purposes. This engine is shown in the cut.

Apparatus for regulating the supply of water to a high- pressure steam-boiler whilst the engine is at work, consisting of a small vessel into which the force-pump discharges, and from which the boiler takes its supply by means of a ball valve. Adapted for stationary engines.

This apparatus is shown in the cut. By the arrangements represented a deficiency of supply is indicated by the steam whistle.

Mill, composed of two smooth rollers, for crushing corn and seeds; it also grinds beans, peas, maize, etc., by a serrated roll at the bottom of the hopper, which acts as a feed roller when the mill is used for crushing purposes.

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