Model engine construction, with practical instructions to artificers and amateurs (1894)
Alexander, John Henry. [from old catalog] · London, New York, Whittaker · leaf 291
ent away from the main line, andfixed to the sleepers with solder. Gaps must alsobe made, to allow the flanges of the wheels topass. The second form of railway (see Figs. 56 and57—which are full size—and Sheet No. 17). Apattern for a rail and chair must first be made inwood (see pages 305 and 306),… … D D <Q □ >fc Fig. 56.—Railway. A, wooden sleeper ; B, rail; C, chair with wooden wedge ;D, fish-plate. hammered, without fear of it breaking, as an ordinarycast-iron rail would do. The rails, after beingstraightened by hammering on a flat surface, should
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