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The mechanism was powered by pressurised water stored in several hydraulic accumulators. Water, at a pressure of 750 psi (52 MPa), was pumped into the accumulators by two 360 hp (270 kW) stationary steam engines, each driving a force pump from its piston tail rod. The accumulators each comprise a 20 inches (51 cm) ram on which sits a very heavy weight to maintain the desired pressure.
He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery in London.
His father, James Meadows Rendel, was a civil engineer who married his mother, Catherine Jane Harris. Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel (1829–1918) – civil engineer
George Wightwick Rendel (1833–1902) – naval architect and civil engineer
Emily Frances Rendel (1836–1897) married Charles Bowen, 1st Baron Bowen in 1862.
Emily Catherine Rendel (1840–1921) married Clement Francis Wedgwood in 1866
Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel.
