Towle, George M. (George Makepeace), 1841-1893 · Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Tillingham · leaf 153
out breaking it^ while it can alsodeliver a twelve-ton blow which will make awhole township tremble. We cannot dobetter than quote Nasmyths own descriptionof this crowning mechanical triumph of hislife. It consisted of^ firsts a massive anvil ohwhich to rest the work; second^ a block ofiron… … JAMES ISTASMYTH — STEAM-HAMMER 139 to admit steam of sufficient pressure into thecylinder so as to act on the under side of thepiston^ and thus to raise the hammer blockattached to the end of the piston-rod. By a very simple arrangement of a slidevalve, under the control of an attendant, thesteam…
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