^turning on more gas. When everything was ready, with care-ful observers stationed on each side of the track, the order wasgiven to let go. The enormous screw thrust started the machineso quickly that it nearly threw the engineers off their feet, andthe machine bounded over the track at a great… … THE MAXIM AEEOPLVNE (IN TIIL TR >LK TIED i P TO THE DYNAMOMETER t.cing a slight diminution in the steam pressure, I turned onmore gas, when almost instantly the steam commenced to blowa steady blast from the small safety valve, showing that thepressure was at least 320 pounds in the pipes…
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