Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics (1892)
Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 280
Fig. 1). In tliis macliine the principalimprovements are in (constructive detail. The tanks (double) are of heavy polished copper,anil arc boiled on wrought-iron frames, and braced one to the oilier. The hose-gallery and ENGINES, FIRE, CHEMICAL. 259 automatic reel are carried over the frame-arch.… … Fig. 1.—Holloway chemical fire-engine. The discharge-pipes on the tanks are very short and without bends, allowing the free andunresisted passage of the solution from the tank to the hose. The double-tank engines arearranged to give a continuous stream without moving the hose. Wliile one tank is…
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