New York [etc.] Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co. [etc.] · leaf 410
any way, no matter what may be the angle of thelevers. Numerous claims are made for this form of brakegear, some of w^hich we fear are without suitablefoundation. One of the advantages claimed, however,in which there is much truth, is that the position of … amount of slack does not vary as the load in the caris increased or decreased. Another claim made forthe brake is that there is no possibility of any of thepans dropping on the track and derailing the train.Itis easily inspected, as all the parts are in plain sight.Among the claims which we think…
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