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Pitts’ and Gluyas’ Patent Model of a Steam Condenser – ca 1872
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This model was filed with the application to the U.S. Patent Office for Patent Number 131,779 issued to Washington R. Pitts and George K. Gluyas of San Francisco, California, on October 1, 1872. The claim of the inventors was a new design for an improved high pressure condenser for a steam engine. The purpose was for the steam exhausted from the engine’s cylinder to be passed through the condenser and be converted back to water and returned to the boiler for reuse.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePitts’ and Gluyas’ Patent Model of a Steam Condenser – ca 1872. 1872. Pitts, Washington R.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
