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 684
ave come into general use. The draw-bar of the car illustrated differs from the ordinarydevice by the addition of a supplementary spring which diminishes shocks. A continuous draw-baris sometimes used, consisting of the two draw-bars of a car connected by an iron rod, thus relievingthe frame of the… … construction than those of passenger cars. In Figs. 3628 to 3631 is represented an iron freightcar truck used on the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad since 18*76. Fig- 3628 is a sideelevation, half in section; Fig. 3629, half plan ; Fig. 3630, an end view, showing section through…
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