Kirkman, Marshall Monroe, 1842-1921 · New York, Chicago, The World Railway Publishing Company · leaf 403
e conversion of one of the cylinders of a locomotive into an air compressor when the air pump is insufficient or has stopped entirely. It has been used mainly on heavy descending grades, bat can also be used for making a stop on level road when necessary. Fig. Y shows its application to a… … gine cylinder is converted into a THE<$WE£ff£Y /J/R C0MP/?£$<$0fl. powerful com- pressor, taking air from the engine nozzle and charging the main reservoir, and from thence the train.
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