Great facts : a popular history and description of the most remarkable inventions during the present century (1860)
Bakewell, Frederick C. (Frederick Collier), 1800-1869 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 61
erage velocity of the train was 14|- miles per hour. The accompanying woodcuts represent an eleva-tion of the Eocket, and a section of its boiler. Inthese figures, a is the fire-box or furnace, surroundedon all sides with water, with the exception of the side STEAM CARRIAGES AND RAILWAYS. 45… … Three other engines competed with the Rocket,two of which had attained great speed on previoustrials. These were the ISTovelty, constructed byMessrs. Braithwaite and Ericsson, which weighedonly 2f tons; and the ^ Sans Pareil, manufacturedby Mr. Arkworth, which weighed 4J tons. On theday of trial,…
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