Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist" (1908)
Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 325
enormous advantages, does not every-body use the high-speed engines and every builder make them?At this exhibition the Bell telephone was first shown to aselect company, among which were President Grant and DomPedro, the last emperor of Brazil. This exhibition was given onSunday, that being the… … ,t. .■-. !. fT x. m•)•._ i.\ }~....j i^_^ i ...„xi—f....hj— .-/jT7-^...Li7irn.J-:,.X Porter-Allen Engine Equal in Power to the Exhibited Corliss Engine. The exhibitors of hand pumps all talked about the ease withwhich their own pumps could be worked; one man touched bot-tom in this respect. He had…
