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Scientific American, Vol. 55, No. 15 (October 1886) (1886)

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f the dial to indicate danger. of this system, so that the signal mechanism is entirely The closing of the switch causes the plate to return furnish further particulars. relieved of excessive shock by passing trains. Nor- within its -casing. The signal plate is also arranged » < « > * mally, this… … Some astronomers thought it pro- taken freely into the cylinder TRIPP'S IMPROVED RAILWAY SIGNAL. bable that 1819 was not the first through an inwardly opening valve year of observation, but that the The air, when the piston returns, comet was the same as that discovered by Pons in will close the…

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