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Scientific American, Vol. 73, No. 25 (1895) (1895)

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part from their being generally too cumbersome, it has frequently been found difficult to turn the engine around or make a The ordinary eurve within a reasonable space. The illustration represents an improved track-laying from Panama. device, which has been patented by Edward Ingleton. of the… … stars and their distances axle, and the engine can from us can be easily caltu- swivel around in as short a lated. But the most impor- space, and without strain- tant result of this method is the means it furnishes of ing the track, as if the track were not there. The it will cost more than…

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