A French brass, patinated bronze and red griotte marble industrial timepiece in the form of a steam-powered wheel engine Circa 1880 The case formed of two brickwork ovens with latched doors beneath the steam boilers set on one side with a clock dial with Roman chapters and blued steel hand, the opposing boiler set with an aneroid barometer, the centre dial set with a thermometer engraved Centigrade/Reamur , the automaton wheel with dumbell governor and piston driven by a going barrel movement within the boiler casing and wound from the right side 18½in (47cm.) high
A French brass, patinated bronze and red griotte marble industrial timepiece in the form of a steam-powered wheel engine Circa 1880 The case formed of two brickwork ovens with latched doors beneath the steam boilers set on one side with a clock dial with Roman chapters and blued steel hand, the opposing boiler set with an aneroid barometer, the centre dial set with a thermometer engraved Centigrade/Reamur , the automaton wheel with dumbell governor and piston driven by a going barrel movement within the boiler casing and wound from the right side 18½in (47cm.) high
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