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Eugène Bourdon (1808–1884) – artist / maker ca. 1835, Paris A nineteenth-century model of the Watt steam engine. It allowed to demonstrate the principle of the steam engine’s operation by mechanically turning a flywheel and connecting the machinery to an external source of steam or compressed gas. For more images and further information, visit: https://muzea.malopolska.pl/en/objects-list/2763 Inventory number: 4988; 993/V Localisation of the physical object: Jagiellonian University Museum, Collegium Maius, Kraków, Poland Digitalisation: Regional Digitalisation Lab, Małopolska Institute of Culture in Kraków, Poland; “Virtual Museums of Małopolska” Project 3D model & animation by Stanisław Ogarek as a diploma work at Tischner European University.