A Dictionary of science, literature, and art [electronic resource]: comprising the history, description, and scientific principles of every branch of human knowledge; with the derivation and definition of all the terms in general use (1844)
Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866, Cauvin, Joseph · New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 688
ay, to try the effect of brass tubes. Theexperiment was eminently successful; they were found tolast six or eight times as long as copper tubes of the samedimensions. Having now brought down the history of thelocomotive engine to the present time, we shall give a de-scription of one of these… … working machinery, including the cylinders, pistons, eccen-trics, &c, which are under the bojler, and by the operationof which the engine is driven, is represented in fig. 5. Theseand tb.e other cuts referred to in the present article- havebeen taken, with the permission of the author and…
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