Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 134
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. S cubic feet in cylinders, whichgives 68 to 1. Uses anthracite, with blowers. Fire surface in this boiler. Furnace 59-103 Main… … Two of this, Figs. 426 and 427, in use on steamboat John Mason, built by T. F. Secor and Co.,has one engine of 254-in. cylinder, with 6 ft. stroke. Estimated weight of each, 8S34 lbs. Estimated firettirface, 347 square ft. 21 cubic ft. in cylinder, which gives 33 to 1. Uses anthracite, without…
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