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The locomotive engineer (1888)

Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916, Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919 · New York : American Machinist Pub. Co · leaf 623

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us boilerin 1857. His idea was to place the fire-box above theframes and axles, and thus get the weight betterdistributed, and admit of placing the forwarddriver, in 10-wheeled engines, far enough back toadmit of the main rod being coupled toil, insteadof to the etnler jiair of wheels; but his main… … Some Oi,u Fii;E-itux Patents. to back of thu riar axle, where It dropped into abox with slides unirked P. Well aliwul in Iho fire-box there was a waterwall built entirely across the box as at A ; this wasfull of short lubes, through which the fiamespassed to the combiution chamber marked C.…

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