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Scientific American, Vol. 40, No. 22 (May 1879) (1879)

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1869, before any work on it had begun, and it of labor, with reference to past and possible Congressional has been built entirely under the guidance of Washington The following description of a simple device for indicating action, the Boston Journal of Commerce remarks that since A. Roebling, the… … the opposite side there is a pawl which engages a ratchet each in height. The total weight of the bridge will be 13,300 wheel keyed to the shaft, E. It will be understood that tons. It is proposed to move the cars on this bridge by there is one rack, one pinion, and two ratchets to each rub- some…

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