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n withterrific force against the cylinder head. The blow ruptured almostevery cylinder-head stud and drove off the head itself, which landed. as shown in theillustration, on thefloor nearby. Thepiston did not leavet h e cylinder butw a s damaged tosuch an extent thata new one had tobe installed. A… … 1JHJ THE LOCOMOTIVE Uuly, ing-rod, driven by the crank and being somewhat free at the cross-head end, whipped about until it broke the crank-pin brasses and thenfell into the crank pit. In this position it did not leave sufficient roomfor the crank-pin to pass by, with the result that the…
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