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 287
he machinfto move more easily around corners; this form of engine is called the logeij in England. The locomotive here shown is one of the earlier kind, with inside connection, and but one pair ofdrivers. At present in this country, engines with outside connections are thought to be safer,… … /ner of Paterson, and may be taken as the type of the American locomotive. The earliest Americat!locomotives were but copies of the English witli slight adaptations, for the service requii-ed and fuel used,but the later engines, as will be seen, are distinctive. The valve-geer now mostly used is…
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