Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 289
the machineto move more easily around corners; this form of engine is called the bogey 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,… … tiier of Paterson, and may be taken as the type of the American locomotive. The earliest Americailocomotives were but copies of the English with slight adaptations, for the service required and fuel usedbut the later engines, as will be seen, are distinstive. The valve-geer now mostly used is the…
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