The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 401
heel; it is fixed on the inner side ofthe wheel; this ring is jagged, and formed like a thin cog wheel, and isturned by means of a pinion worked by one or two men on deck to eachwheel; by this means a vessel might be got ont of dock without getting upthe steam. At the trial of the vessel the… … 1843.] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 367 DIRECT ACTION ENGINES.(With an Engraving, Plate XIII.)Description of a pair of George Forrester & Co.s improved DoubleCylinder Marine Engines, constructed by than, and Jilted on board theHelen Mac Gregor, Hull and Hamburgh steamer. Engines…
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