The history of the first locomotives in America : from the original documents, and the testimony of living witnesses (1874)
Brown, William H. (William Henry), 1808-1883 · New York : D. Appleton and Company · leaf 50
upon legs like a horse. Thiscontrivance had two legs attached to the back part,which, being alternately moved by the engine, pushedit before them. These legs, or propellers, imitated thelegs of a man or the fore-legs of a horse, with joints,and when worked by the machine alternately liftedand… … WILLIAM BKTTNTON LOCOMOTIVE. This contrivance was so singular and ingenious thatwe cannot refrain from giving a description of it, takenfrom a very interesting work upon road-making, by W.M. Gillespie, A. M., C. E. The legs are indicated by H K F and H hf. H rep-resents the hip-joint, K and Jc the…
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