A catechism of the steam engine and its various applications to mines, mills, steam navigation, railways, and agriculture (1876)
Bourne, John, civil engineer. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 71
56 THE GORGON ENGINE. ing engine (fig. 27), besides numerous otiier forms of enginewMcli are less known or employed, such as the trunk (fig. 22),double cylinder (fig. 23), annular, Gorgon (fig. 24), steeple(fig. 25), and many others. The side lever engine, howevej^ Fig. 24. … and the oscillating engine, are the only kinds of paddle engineswhich have been received with wide or general favor. 113. Q.—Will you exjjlain the main distinctive features ofthe side lever engine ? A. In all paddle vessels, whatever be their subordinate characteristics, a great shaft of wTought…
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