Locomotive catechism; an up-to-date, practical and complete work on the locomotive--treating on the design, construction, repair and running of all kinds of locomotives .. (1908)
Grimshaw, Robert, 1850- [from old catalog] · New York, The N. W. Henley publishing company · leaf 57
more economical, wideor narrozi boxes? 54 LOCOMOTIVE CATECHISM. A. The narrow ones, especially in high-speed engines. Q. How is it as regards coal consumption, bctzueen wide andnarrow five-boxes? A. On the C. M. & St. P. road, the engines with narrowfire-boxes use 17.45 pounds of coal per 100… … Figs. 32 and 33. Buchanan Fire-box, C. V. R. R. more tubes, allows more heating-surface than possible withthe flush-top boiler; also there is more room for workmeninside over the crown-sheets. 0. Why is the furnace-door sheet often sloped so as tomake the furnace shorter, and the zvater-leg wider,…
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