A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 188
n 10 hours, including all stops. He used themechanical legs previously adopted by Brunton and byGordon, but omitted this rude device in those engines sub-sequently built. Gumeys engine of 1828 is of interest to the engineer asexhibiting a very excellent arrangement of machinery, andas having one of… … Fig. 48,—Gumeys Steam-Carriage. In the sketch (Fig. 48) this boiler is seen at the right.It was composed of bent < -shaped tubes, a a, connected totwo cylinders, h b, the upper one of which was a steam-chamber. Vertical tubes connected these two chambers,and peiinitted a complete and regular…
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