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Scientific American, Vol. 82, No. 18 (May 5, 1900) (1900)

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==> Above the longitudinal bore of the cylinder isa live- LARGE TRACTION ENGINES FOR SIBERIA. ‘oa steam chest, and below the bore an exhaust-steam BY ENOS BROWN. chest. Cylindrical rocking valves in the steam chests A firm at San Francisco has recently manu- are seated in transverse bores of the… … oped portions of Siberia traversed by the railway. VALVE-GEAR FOR ENGINES. The new traction engines are not only the largest yet made on the coast, but they combine certain improvements which insure greater seats. Two diagonal steam-duets intersect each valve very considerably facilitating the…

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