• Print Title: Pleyelstangen. [Connecting Rods.]
  • 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).