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The Locomotive Laboratory (1915)

University of Illinois · leaf 2

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nt Station; State Laboratory of Natural History; State Ento-mologists Office; Biological Experiment Station on Illinois River; StateWater Survey; State Geological Survey. The library collections contain (July 1, 1915) 414,365 volumes, including thelibrary of the State Laboratory of Natural History… … The axles and tires are of the highest grade of heat-treated carbonsteel and were donated by the Midvale Steel Company. Provision hasbeen made for replacing the 52-inch wheels by 72-inch wheels for test-ing high speed locomotives, where the use of the smaller wheels wouldinvolve rotating speeds as…

Locomotives -- Testing

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