Railway Locomotives and Cars, Volume 98Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1924 |
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Page 62 - Court. with their extensive and important business long established — of their liberty and property without due process of law, and denies them the equal protection of the laws.
Page 159 - And in the case of two infinite vessels, connected by a tube of length I and section S, and containing two gases whose particles have equal masses and diameters, the rate of flow of either is ,--j 1-785 l^/ h in mass per unit of time.
Page 255 - Sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers and the •American Society of Mechanical Engineers...
Page 130 - Conference Committees and certain of their employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Switchmen's Union of North America.
Page 398 - A bill was filed in the United States District Court for the Western Division of the Western District of Missouri...
Page 4 - Engineering is the science of controlling the forces and of utilizing the materials of nature for the benefit of man, and the art of organizing and of directing human activities in connection therewith.
Page 202 - Driving boxes shall be maintained in a safe and suitable condition for service. Broken and loose bearings shall be renewed. Not more than one shim may be used between box and bearing.
Page 130 - WTiere three shifts are employed, the spread of each shift shall consist of 8 consecutive hours, including an allowance of 20 minutes for lunch within the limits of the fifth hour.
Page 166 - Rule* will be revised to read as follows: Worn Flanges — Cast Iron Wheels: Under cars of less than 80,000-lb. capacity with flanges having flat vertical surface extending 1 in. or more from the tread, or flanges 15/16 in. thick or less, gaged at a point Ijj in.
Page 399 - Annual Meeting of the American Society for Testing Materials will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York.