Source: Die Schiffsmaschine, ihre Construction, Wirkungsweise und Bedienung. [The Marine Engine: Its Construction, Operation, and Handling.] Plate # 113
Author: Carl Busley, Imperial Navy Engineer and Instructor at the Imperial Naval Academy and School in Kiel.
Publisher: Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, Kiel, Germany.
Publication Date: 1886
Format: color-lithographed book plate; colors indicate material types.
Language: German
Lithographer: Bogdan Gisevius, Lithographic Institute and Stone Printing Works, Berlin.
Orientation: landscape
Size: approximately 12" by 9 3/8"
Description: Schematic drawings of steam engine connecting rods, including: a forked-connecting rod by Vulcan; a forked-connecting rod by Penn; connecting rod head from an oscillating engine by Egells; and a joint by Caird.
Condition: very good; age-toned; one spot in upper right corner; light line in upper center (see photos).