Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 44
it would be suddenly converted into steam. When an explosiondoes take place, the enormous force of the agent we are dealing with whenwe bottle up steam in an iron vessel, is shown by the effects produced.Fig. 11 is from a photograph taken from an exploded locomotive, wherewe may see how the thick… … Fig. II.—Locomotive after Explosion. invented many years ago, by Gurney, Anderson, Scott Russell, Hancock,,and others. One designed by Hancock is represented in Fig. 12. Suchengines do not appear to have found much favour, though the idea has
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