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Scientific American, Vol. 2, No. 9 (1860) (1860)

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ne of these difficulties—indeed, | of this engine is illustrated in Fig. 2. The steam enters | where they pass through a water-tight plate, g, and com- the principal one—has been the packing of the part which | at A, and passes out at F, turning the two revolvers, c | municate with the water in the… … ing from the greater SILSBY, MYNDERSE & C0.’S STEAM FIRE ENGINE. this improvement in velocity of the piston) boilers is M. R. avoidance of the tremendous strain, especially in pro-[ packed as represented, by the blocks of metal inserted ; Clapp, who has assigned his interest to Messrs. Silsby,…

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