attached to it. Theyare generally of greater diameter than the supporting-wheels, inorder that the engine may be propelled through a greater spaceby each stroke of the piston, since the space through which itmoves by each double stroke is equal to the circumference ofthe driving-wheels. The actual… … < 3*10i- ,Aa Sf4>{ * J3 J)tcuneJter ofJtfstonr 1/■£*Slro/ce Jf&£ t,..._.j/f.,..t. being between the intermediate and foremost pairs of wheels, as118 DIFFERENT FORMS OF LOCOMOTIVES. represented in fig. 4. In these the driving-wheels are of greaterdimensions, and the engine is adapted to…
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