[PW] Sewing machine power

[Ellen Cousins]

Hello again Peter,

Here is your picture in context (but not in English):

Motoren voor kleine beweegkrachten. [2]
De stoommotoren van Davey en van Daussin.

Uit: De Natuur,
Populair Geïllustreerd Maandschrift,
gewijd aan de natuurkundige wetenschappen en hare toepassingen.
15 Augustus 1884 - 4e jaargang

http://www.houwie.net/histart/natuur1884/motoren002.html

Ellen C.


Peter Macinnis wrote:
> This illustration:
> 
> http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/smallsewingmachine.jpg
> 
> is taken from one of the Dover Copyright-free Art series ('Women', page 75)
> 
> I suspect that the device on the stove was a steam engine, but the early 
> Lenoir internal-combustion engines ran on coal gas, and some of these 
> were used to power sewing machines.  The hoses above may provide the 
> answer to those who know what they are about.
> 
> Can anybody shed any light on the power source or the original context 
> of this picture?
> 
> peter macinnis
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