An old cutaway engraving of a Baxter’s small portable engine of It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The exhaust gases exited via the flue (right). American William Baxter Snr (1822–1884) described himself as a ‘consulting engineer’ and was a well-known designer of portable steam engines, including this successful coal-fired steam model marketed as the ‘Baxter Engine’ by his Baxter Steam Engine Company.
An old cutaway engraving of a Baxter’s small portable engine of It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The exhaust gases exited via the flue (right). American William Baxter Snr (1822–1884) described himself as a ‘consulting engineer’ and was a well-known designer of portable steam engines, including this successful coal-fired steam model marketed as the ‘Baxter Engine’ by his Baxter Steam Engine Company. His son, William Baxter Jr, inherited his love of engineering from his father and designed mechanical and electric devices.
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