The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 214
1 .^. .\-Siiit;lt Fire-cock. Fig. G is a double firecock, as laid down in Her Majestys Dock-yards. … Fig. C—Duuble F the Uoyal Dutkya It will be observed, that the short piece of pipe between the mainand this firecock is not curved to the current of the water, but merelyopened a little ; this is done with a view of increasing the supply bysteam power, and as the steam engines are, in most cases,…
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