Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 217
Fig. 2484 is a sectional view of a locomotive jack.The machine is from 2 to 8 or more inches in diame-ter, according to the power desired, with an enlargedhead (attached to the inner cylinder B, which is theram), having a socket for the reception of the lever,by winch the piston of the force-pump…
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