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Scientific American, Vol. 81, No. 5 (1899) (1899)

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y-third street and Southern The clamping-band used is swaged to give a suitable each of the inlets are ports which lead to the bottom Boulevard, Harlem River, New York city, which cross-section such as an ogee form, the top and bottom of the cylinders and are put successively into commu- provides a… … of about fifty per cent over the power obtained from A NOVEL DEVICE FOR RAISING AND LOWERING the simple pressure and quantity of water alone. The SMOKESTACKS, elasticity of the water in following the piston allows the engine to run at a higher speed than the ordinary mast, and for automatically…

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