A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 216
ast rails. The directors, however, stipulated that heshould only buy one-half the rails required from the dealers STEAM-LOCOMOTION ON RAILROADS. 191 in malleable iron. These rails weighed 20 pounds to theyard. After long hesitation, in the face of a serious opposi-tion, the directors finally… … Fia. B2.—Stephensons No. 1 Engine, 1825. gle straight flue, one end of which was the furnace. Thecylinders were vertical, like those of the earlier engines, andcoupled directly to the driving-wheels. The crank-pinswere set in the wheels at right angles, in order that, whileone engine was turning…
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