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Leading American inventors (1912)

Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York : Henry Holt and company · leaf 281

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gines by Glaze-brook, as long ago as 1797, in an English patent. His de-vice was improved by Lilley in 1819, and by the Rev. Rob-ert Stirling in 1827. In 1833, Ericsson perfected a newand excellent regenerator for the caloric engine, whicli hepatented and exhibited that year. Through a fagot… … Ericsson Caloric Engine, 1S51 a, air-receiver, b b, supply-cylinder. e\ self-acting valve forletting air into, and e e, self-acting valve for letting air out of thesame. <r, supply-piston; c, piston-rod of the same, connected tothe working-beam of the engine, d d, working-cylinder; dd\holes at…

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