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 97
back wheels and the side-rods betweenthem and the front wheels; the front end of the beams were sup-ported by a pair of radius rods which formed the parallel motion.This engine was built by Foster, Rastrick & Company, at Stour-bridge, England. CHAPTEK XVI MORE FACTS OF THE STOURBRIDGE LION. In… … MORE FACTS OF THE STOURBRIDGE LION. 89 were raised above tlie ground and kept running for theamusement of the crowds attracted by its novelty,Of this engine Mr. Horatio Allen speaks in a letter tothe author as follows: This locomotive, or motive (but not progressive motion), wasnot the engine which…
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