A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 223
s modifica-tion of the shape of the pipe was observed carefully bymeans of syphon water-gauges attached to the chimney.The draft was finally given such an intensity as to raise thewater 3 inches in the tube of the draught-gauge. The 198 THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE. total length of the boiler was 6… … Fig. 55.—The Eocket, 1829. seen in the sketch, were inclined, and coupled to a singlepair of driving-wheels. A tender, attached to the engine,carried the fuel and water. The engine weighed less than4^ tons. The little engine does not seem to have been very pre-possessing in appearance, and the…
Steam-engines
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