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Scientific American, Vol. 83, No. 26 (1900) (1900)

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heating of the cars, as well as for the within about 5 feet of the hydraulic ram at B, a lever central station plants, for the purpose of pumping the In the bag- in the driver’s cabin automatically depresses a lever, water for the hydraulic rams. In a full-sized railway, of course, the weight of… … a lever, can raise the ram in front the tables. The lamps are from 5 to 16 candle power, according to of him and lower the one behind him, so that the track is converted their position; the whole number of lamps in a train represents 1,000 candle power. into an upward incline, which must…

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