A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 227
is method was thatof Clegg & Samuda, at West London, and on the London& Croydon road, and again in Ireland, between Kings-town and Dalkey. A line of pipe, ^ £, seen in Pig. 56,two feet in diameter, was laid between the rails, A A, of 202 THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE. the road. TMs pipe was… … Fig. 56.—The Atmosptieric Bailroad. to be propelled. The pressure of the atmosphere being re-moved, by the action of a powerful pump, from the sidetoward which the train was to advance, the pressure of theatmosphere on the opposite side drove the piston forward,carrying the train with it.…
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