Glass steam engine

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Solario
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Glass steam engine

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http://redux.com/stream/item/2134517/Wo ... GLASS-Rare
Incorrectly labelled as "Stephenson" but otherwise an impressive piece of glasswork.
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2002EarlMarischal
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Re: Glass steam engine

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Impressive - I'm not sure many minds would have come up with the idea of a glass steam engine, but then I suppose it's just an extension of experiments performed in thousands of school laboratories around the world.
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Re: Glass steam engine

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Ay up!

Fascinating. Thanks for the link.
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Re: Glass steam engine

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Well good a fascinating combination of art and engineering.
Hi interested in the area served by 52D. also researching colliery wagonways from same area.
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Re: Glass steam engine

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Lovely bit of work but the web link in the bottom right hand corner looks a bit dubious :oops:
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Re: Glass steam engine

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a true artiste's work if I've ever seen some!
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