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 678
RAILROAD CARS. 647 3604 … of the coupling hook andthe buffer separately.This platform is placedin the centre-line of themain sills of the car, andis provided with a sepa-rate buffer B, acting ona spring G, which is ad-justed in the same line.By this arrangement itis claimed that the so-called telescoping ofcars in case of…
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