The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world .. (1839)
London : J.W. Parker · leaf 314
LOCOMOTIVE CARRIAGES. 30] In Hancocks toilers the water is contained betweena number of upright plates of iron, as in the followinglateral view. The water is thus distributed into thin Fig. 11 … sheets, between which the flame and smoke pass up fromthe fire below to the chimney. The plates are connectedtogether by tubes at the bottom and top, the former forthe water and the latter for the steam. In all steam-carriages, either for rail-roads or commonroads, and in almost all steam-packets…
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