Journal - Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania (1826)
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) · [Philadelphia : Franklin Institute] · leaf 483
cedside shocks. Since that time designers have not hesitated to raisethe centre of gravity of the parts above the springs, and thepresent limits are chiefly those of overhead clearance. One other steam locomotive lesson that seems to have beenforgotten was that with a short symmetrical wheel… … Columbian Type (2-4-2) Locomotive. motives of the Columbian or 2-4-2 type and the American or4-4-0 type. Here are two types of almost the same total wheel-base with nearly the same height of boiler above rail. The weightof the 4-4-0 type was but 7 per cent, greater than that of the2-4-2 type. The…
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