Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist" (1908)
Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 352
of steam from the upper battery, but he did not getit. What he did get was a charge of solid water, which broughtmy engine to an instantaneous stop from a speed of 350 revolutionsper minute. I was standing near the engine and saw shooting outfrom the joint of the back cylinder head a sheet of… … Harris Tabor TEST OF FLY-WHEEL 267 The engine suffered no other injury; the bolts of the cylinder headhad not been strained to their elastic limit, and the nuts did notrequire to be tightened. The shaft was straightened, new key-seats were cut for the fly-wheel, and the engine worked as well…
