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Mechanical applicances, mechanical movements and novelties of construction; a complete work and a continuation, as a second volume, of the author's book entitled "Mechanical mvements, powers and devices"; (1917)

Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing company · leaf 155

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of a great aeroplane, with smallerones projecting like wings, the extreme width being 105 feet, length104 feet, total area 5,400 square feet. He had constructed a rail-way along which this machine moved on wheels, the pressure on therails decreasing as the speed increased. In a notable… … teries. The form was peculiar, being somewhat like a fish, with thepropeller at the head. It was claimed to have attained a speed oftwelve miles per hour. 370. GRAIN-DRYING APPARATUS. For tumbling grain orother material in an inclined cylinder with a blast of warm air. A, a brick box in which coke…

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