The steam engine familiarly explained and illustrated; with an historical sketch of its invention and progressive improvement; (1836)
Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859, Renwick, James, 1790-1863. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, E. L. Carey & A. Hart · leaf 197
abandoned, for the very obvious reason that a prodigiousloss of force was incurred by the friction of the chain. The following year, 1813, produced a contrivance, of sin-gular ingenuity, for overcoming the supposed difficulty aris-ing from the want of adhesion between the wheels and theroad. This… … LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES ON RAILWAYS. 163 carriage moving on the railroad, l and l are the legs, f andf the feet. The foot f has a joint at o, which corresponds tothe ankle; another joint is placed at k, which corresponds tothe knee; and a third is placed at l, which corresponds to thehip. Similar joints…
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