Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe), 1842-1921 · New York and Chicago, The World railway publishing company · leaf 444
ingenious arrangement the damper is auto-matically closed whenever the jack is raised, thussaving heat in the round house which would otherwiseescape through the jack. LOCOMOTIVE FIRE KINDLERS. The Ferguson locomotive fire kindler consistsessentially of a tank to contain oil, a hose couplingfor… … portions of oil and air. The tank is most convenientlymounted on a truck, by which means it may be easilyremoved from one part of the roundhouse to another. The valve is the principal feature of novelty. Turn-ing the cock regulates the proportions of air and oiladmitted into the tube. Turned one…
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