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Scientific American, Vol. 63, No. 10 (1890) (1890)

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rews of fourteen otherwise fastened on the body, one of the caps being noticeable, also the vibration caused by the wheels feet diameter each, and two horizontal triple expan- perforated while the other forms a bearing for a small upon the rails is observably greater; but it is also the sion… … face of each runner a rave is rigidly secured, of some- to the track the perfect effect of a continuous rail. what triangular shape, in the upper flat part of which The steel ties are in shape an inverted ‘‘T.” They are is an elongated slot or opening. Directly under this seven feet long, seven…

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