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The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)

Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 165

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n manageeasily, but the water-gauge is beyond most amateurs skill to turn out satisfactorily.a is the furnace-door, b two gauge-taps, c starting lever-handle, d spring-balancesafety-valve, f wind-guard (with two look-out hobs), G steam-whistle handle,H pressure-gauge, k steam-blast handle, m glass… … Fig. 38. THE BOYS OWN MODEL LOCOMOTIVE, AND HOW TO BUILD IT. i6i When these fittings are made, holes must be drilled in rear-plate for each, andthen firmly screwed in place with white-lead: and the glass tube in water-gaugeand the stuffing-box in gland of starting-lever should be packed with tallow…

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