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 268
er steam carriageprojectors, have never yet been productive of any injuriousconsequences by explosion, although they have frequently LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES ON TURNPIKE ROADS. 233 burst. I have stood close to a locomotive on the railroadwhen the boiler burst. The effect was that the water passedthrough… … (109.) One of the greatest difficulties which locomotivesupon a turnpike road have to encounter is the ascent of verysteep hills, for it is agreed upon all hands that hills of very-moderate inclinations present no difficulty which may notbe easily overcome, even in the present state of our…
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