A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 235
sshopper engines(Fig. 59), some of which ran many years, doing good work,and one or two of which are still in existence. The first— 210 THE MODERN STEAM-ENGIKB. the Atlantic —was set at work in September, 1832, andhauled 50 tons from Baltimore 40 miles, over gradients hav-ing a maximum rise of 37… … 59.—The Atlantic, 1882. —and burned a ton of anthracite coal on the round trip.The blast was secured by a fan, and the valve-gear wasworked by cams instead of eccentrics. This engine madethe round trip at a cost of $16, doing the work of 42 horses,which had cost $33 per trip. The engine cost…
Steam-engines
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