Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, Volume 80; Volume 110Franklin Institute, 1880 |
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Page 7
... locomotive , and the eccentrics being so adjusted that the exhaust . steam discharges alternately , there are twenty discharges of steam per second , at equal intervals , and these twenty exhausts divide a second into twenty equal parts ...
... locomotive , and the eccentrics being so adjusted that the exhaust . steam discharges alternately , there are twenty discharges of steam per second , at equal intervals , and these twenty exhausts divide a second into twenty equal parts ...
Page 11
... steam cylinder additional weight can be thrown on the drivers at the time of starting . This shifting of the weight will give from 8000 to 9000 pounds additional on the driving wheels . The weight of the engine , ready for attaching to ...
... steam cylinder additional weight can be thrown on the drivers at the time of starting . This shifting of the weight will give from 8000 to 9000 pounds additional on the driving wheels . The weight of the engine , ready for attaching to ...
Page 17
... engines had boilers 36 inches in diameter , with plates but inch thick ... steam cylinders placed on the sides of the boiler , over the bearings of the ... engine , under favorable . circumstances , was one mile in sixty seconds ...
... engines had boilers 36 inches in diameter , with plates but inch thick ... steam cylinders placed on the sides of the boiler , over the bearings of the ... engine , under favorable . circumstances , was one mile in sixty seconds ...
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... steam and whistled down brakes , but they did not seem to check me . I whistled again ; still the speed kept up . I gave the third signal for brakes , and then reversed my engine , saying to her ' Do your duty , my beauty , or in twenty ...
... steam and whistled down brakes , but they did not seem to check me . I whistled again ; still the speed kept up . I gave the third signal for brakes , and then reversed my engine , saying to her ' Do your duty , my beauty , or in twenty ...
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... steam pressure per square . inch on the piston this engine is capable of exerting will be 162 X 24 91.5 = 67.15 pounds . The engine Watt , one of the same class and build , run the special train which conveyed the Queen's messenger ...
... steam pressure per square . inch on the piston this engine is capable of exerting will be 162 X 24 91.5 = 67.15 pounds . The engine Watt , one of the same class and build , run the special train which conveyed the Queen's messenger ...
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