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Scientific American, Vol. 6, No. 18 (1862) (1862)

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Guards. This engine threw a 1-inch jet A light but strong frame is made of wood, with cranks. . 125 feet high. Thesteam fire engine was then tried mortises through the upper and lower bars, a a, of To the inner side of the crank, C, is attached a and in eleven minutes from the time the fire was ap-… … VOLUME VI.—NEW SERIES. pering bars, 6 b 6b b, the larger ends of these bars bs. on the square inch, in sixteen minutes the A uew volume of this widely circulated paper commenced on the 5th being of sufficient sizo to just fill the mortises. The pressure was 140 ibs. on the inch, and it threw a of…

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