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Scientific American, Vol. 76, No. 7 (1897) (1897)

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d worm gear- heaviest fire engine for horses weighs 10,000 pounds, ‘ strain upon belts or gears. Holes are drilled through ing. The engine can be turned around in an ordinary and requires three horses to get it about the city It all parts of the friction, that it may be quickly has a guaranteed… … ing, overcome the first was one con- centrifugal force ex- A HORSELESS FIRE ENGINE. structed in 1840 by © 1897 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC.

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