Self-propelled vehicles; a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles (1906)
Homans, James E. (James Edward), b. 1865 · New York, T. Audel & Company · leaf 27
e present day. Hancocks boiler was certainly the most interesting feature ofhis carriages, both in point of original conception and efficiencyin steaming. It was composed of a number of flat chambers—water bags they were called—laid side by side and intercom-municating with a water drum at the base… … Fig. 14.—Part section of one of Hancocks Coaches, showing Engine and Driving Connec-tions. A is the exhaust pipe leading steam against the screen, C, thence up the flue,D, along with smoke and gases from the grate, B. E is the boiler; H the out-takepipe; K the engine cylinder and, J, the water-feed…
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