The wonders of modern mechanism. A résumé of recent progress in mechanical, physical, and engineering science (1896)
Cochrane, Charles Henry, 1856- · Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott · leaf 199
andsending it out by overhead wires to tiie cars, the entiremechanism is carried as a locomotive. The first one builtwas of small power (six hundred horse-), though fifty feet 190 WONDERS OF MODERN MECHANISM. in length. As will be seen from the illustration, there aresixteen wheels, bearing a… … THE HEILMANN ELECTRIC LOCO.MOTIVE. are of the Brown type, and as well made as it is possibleto build a modern compound condensing engine, and, beingdirectly connected with the large dynamo, which occupiesthe greater portion of the cab, there can be no lost powerfrom friction between the two…
Inventions · Mechanical engineering · Machinery
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