Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 39
art of the engine is supported on a four-wheeled bogie. The bogie iscapable of a certain amount of horizontal motion by turning round aswivel, but this movement is controlled by springs, so that, notwithstandingthe length of the frame, the engine is enabled to take curves with greatfacility, while… … THE LOCOMOTIVE. 19 the low-pressure cylinder by a pipe that is led round the inside of thesmoke-box, and thus enters the larger cylinder after taking up heat thatwould otherwise be wasted, so that its elastic force is fully maintained.This circumstance, no doubt, contributes to the very marked…
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