A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 394
e earlier designs, and PORTABLE AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES. 369 have been accompanied by corresponding changes in allbranches of railroad-work. The adjustment of parts toeach other and proportioning them to their work, themodification of the minor details to suit changes of gen-eral dimensions, the… … riG. 125.—Tank-Engine, New York Elevated Eailroad. rying their own fuel and water without tenders, are usedfor moving cars about terminal stations and for making uptrains; powerful, heavy, slow-moving engines, of largeboiler-capacity and with small wheels, are used on steepgradients and for hauling…
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