Mechanical movements, powers and devices; a treatise describing mechanical movements and devices used in constructive and operative machinery and the mechanical arts, being practically a mechanical dictionary, commencing with a rudimentary description of the early known mechanical powers and detailing the various motions, appliances and inventions used in the mechanical arts to the present time, including a chapter on straight line movements, by Gardner D. Hiscox (1914)
Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 79
219. ORIGINAL FORM of the yEolipile or HerosSteam Engine, 130 B.C. A reaction power, suitablefor operation by the use of any gaseous or fluid pres-sure. The original type of several modem motors. 220. STEEPLE ENGINE, with cross-head and slides. 68 STEAM POWER. … 22 1. VERTICALBELL-CRANK wheel boat. ENGINE, WITHLEVER, for stem- 222. INCLINED PADDLE-WHEELENGINE, with upright crank-con-nected beam for driving air pump.
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