A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 212
determined to build another engine on asomewhat different plan, and patented its design in Pebru- STEAM-LOCOMOTION ON RAILROADS. 187 ary, 1815. It proved a much more efficient machine thanthe Bltlcher, the first engine. This second engine (Fig. 51) was also fitted with twovertical cylinders, (7 c,… … Fig. 61.—Stephensons Locomotive of 1815. Section. H r, and with the cranks, H Y; and the two driving-axleswere connected by an endless chain, Tt. The cranked axleand the outside connection of the wheels, as specified in thepatent, were not used until afterward, it having been foundimpossible to get…
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