Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 136
Two of this, Figs. 422 and 423, are in use in the steamboat Columbia, built by T. F. Secor andCo. She has one engine, 43-inch cylinder, with 11 feet stroke. Ill cubic feet in cylinder, which gives^t¥t *° *■ Uses anthracite, with blowers. ■Fire surface in this boiler. In the furnace, Ac 163-028 Main… … One of this, Figs. 424 and 425, for two high-pressure engines, built by T. F. Secor and Co., in usefor a screw propeller boat, with 20-inch cylinders, and 2 feet stroke. 8 cubic feet in cylinders, whichgives 68 to 1. Uses anthracite, with blowers. Fire surface in thin boiler. Furnace 59-103 Main…
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