A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 193
rt .of the side isbroken away to show the machinery. The boiler, A B,supplies steam through the steam-pipe, UK, to the steam-engine, CD, which is coupled to the crank-shaft, F. E v&the feed-pump. The rear axle is turned by the endlesschain seen connecting it with the engine-shaft, and the rear… … Fig. 49.—Hancocks Autopsy, 183S. forward axle into any desired position. In 1834, Hancockbuilt a steam drag on an Austrian order, which, carry-ing 10 persons and towing a coach containing 6 passengers,was driven through the city beyond Islington, making 14miles an hour on a level, and 8 miles or…
Steam-engines
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