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Scientific American, Vol. 85, No. 18 (November 1901) (1901)

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, for in 1834 he wrote that where the fastest train in the old world is houses and towns would in a short time be hauled by four-cylinder compounds. Neverthe- lighted by electricity instead of gas, and heated less, the really good designs of compound loco- by it instead of coal, and machinery would… … a r r angements cylinder type and conducted o f compound Cylinders, 15 inches and 28 inches by 34-inch stroke ; boiler pressure, 225 pounds to the square inch ; heating surface, 2,997 square feet ; weight of locomotive, 198,000 pounds. all the experi- to that which uses three or ments to lllus-…

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