Hi Have you tried the British Engineerium in Brighton?
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From: "Paul Stephens" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Pete Mason" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 3:12 PM
Subject: Sims combine engines
> I am currently editing an edition of the International Stationary Steam
> Engine Society's annual Journal 'Stationary Power'
>
> In this edition the main focus will be on the Sims combined engine
installed
> at Crofton Pumping Station. In the same edition will be a series of papers
> printed between c1838 and 1885 about the reliability of Lean's Engine
> Reporter and the suitability, or otherwise, of Cornish engines to
waterworks
> service.
>
> To complete the work I should very much like to acquire any of the
> following:-
>
> 1) An engraving, or any biographical data, of the engineer James Sims
> 2) Any photos that might exist of actual Sims Combined Engines
> 3) Any descriptions of Sims engines in operation
>
> In general it seems that most Sims engines were fairly unsuccessful.
> However, perhaps 100+ were built and a few did seem to give reliable
service
> in the end. These included engines at both Coventry and Lincoln Waterworks
> and I would be especially interested to receive any pointers as to where I
> might, just, find any additional documentation on those machines.
>
> Lastly, as an interesting technical note, a variation of the design in the
> form of the Schmidt horizontal compound engine does seem to have met with
a
> degree of commercial success. Built as horizontal tandem compound engine
> these were built in, I think, small numbers after 1900. At least two sets
> have survived into preservation Berlin and Prague. The latter may seven be
> seen in operation occasionally as they are run by a preservation group!
>
> Paul Stephens
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