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A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)

Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 361

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Fia. 105.—Double-Cylinder Pumplng-Engine, 1878. A and B are the two steam-cylinders, connected bylinks and parallel motion, CD, to the great cast-iron beam,^M At the opposite end of the beam, the connecting- 336 THE STEAM-ENGINE OF TO-DAY. rod, G, turns a crank, JI, and fly-wheel, L M, which… … i^lG. 106.—The Lynn Water-Works Engine. quenee of the piston striking either cylinder-head. Thebeam is carried on handsomely-shaped iron columns, which,with cylinders, pump, and fly-wheel, are supported by a STATIONARY ENGINES. 337 substantial stone foundation. The pump-rod, I, works adouble-acting…

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