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1787 Brasher Doubloon with Unique EB on 
Breast
Unique, "EB on Breast"
1787 Brasher Doubloon from
The Gold Rush Collection


This is an engineering drawing of a horizontal steam engine of the type that was used at the Dahlonega and Charlotte Mints. The steam engine employed a flyball governor as a safety device. Source: Ferguson, Eugene S., ed. Early Engineering Reminiscences (1815-40) of George Escol Sellers. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1965, page 67. Earlier from The Steam Engine, by Paul R. Hodge, (New York, 1840).



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