A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 381
ght-iron, 56 inches diameterand 8 inches wide, with cast-iron driving-arms. Bothwheels are drivers on curves as well as on straight lines.The engine is guided and fired by one man, and the totalweight is so small that it will pass safely over any goodcountry bridge. A brake is attached, to insure… … Pig. 118.—Fishers Steam-Carriage. This is an excellent example of this kind of engine asconstructed at the present time. The strongly-buUt boiler,with its heater, the jacketed cylinder, and light, strongframe of the engine, the steel running-gear, the carefully- PORTABLE AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES. 357…
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