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Scientific American, Vol. 82, No. 7 (1900) (1900)

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es is desirable would the truck and the leading drivers seem to be limited only by the and connected to the rear drivers, number of places where it is re- and the two low-pressure cylinders, quired to transmit power from one which are 21°6 inches in diameter shaft to another. For motor appli- by… … gines, steam engines, or turbines, and for any other 50 to 60 miles an hour. Of these forty-five trains, ten are ward pair of drivers. The two pairs of drivers, purposes, the small amount of space required, the timed to run at speeds of over 54 miles an hour. The which are 8314 inches in diameter,…

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