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Scientific American, Vol. 36, No. 9 (1877) (1877)

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treet car motors last class belongs selected from Knight’s ‘“‘ Mechanical Dictionary.” SMITH’S PNEUMATIC ENGINE, dently of each other. The front and rear axles of the fore Fig. 1 is a view of the Baxter steam car, Fig. 2 the truck which is represented in Fig. 7. Compressed air, contained truck are… … placed on the front platform; a non-conducting partition in a large tank on the body of the car, is admitted to a gov are 9 inches diameter and 8 inches stroke, surrounded with prevents heat from entering the car. The engine is below ernor or regulator, a’, and thence passes to a small auxiliary…

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