The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 181
r. X, is the hotwell, and Y, the discharge passage. The pumps are worked from the main shaft by an eccentric c, connectedby rod and lever to a rocking shaft d, on wliich are keyed two levers, e and /,which are connected by rods to the pumps, g and h • the pumpg, is intendedfor the bilge water… … imOiBH liarly well adapted for locomotive and marine purposes, may be mentionedthe following, viz.;—Small cost of construction, great economy of fuel, thespace occupied by it is very little in proportion to its power, and also its com-parative lightness, the weight of the engine being only about 2…
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