Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916, Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919 · New York : American Machinist Pub. Co · leaf 45
the barrelof a locomotive boiler of *i Otis steel,which had been badly bent in by thechteks having been driven back, andwrenched off in collision. So nicely wasthe heat gotten in the exact spot needed,that it only required the threads in thehole to be freshened up, and the new checksset as square… … motive—immediately back of the stack—and place therein a new thing, for loco-motives—a pilot. The inventor describeshim as a man to study ihf lime cardsand rules and to merely think of his trainrights, receive all running orders, etc. Thisrelieves the engineer of all trouble exceptto look out for…
Railroads · Locomotives
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