Wortley Top Forge - Scotch crank pump
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Wortley Top Forge - Scotch crank pump
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 23 May 2010
A No. 2 pump by A G Mumford of Colchester and displayed on the first floor with other small engines. This is a very pretty little engine. The peculiarity of the Scotch crank is that it produces simple harmonic motion because it has no connecting rod with its obliquity effect.
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