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 215
arly attractive to experimenterssearching for a better expansive medium than steam. Atthe recent Chicago Exposition the world was made ac-quainted with a promising form of ammonia-motor, de-vised by a Mr. MacMahon. He has developed a meansof securing highly purified anhydrous ammonia, and… … AMMONIA-MOTOR APPLIED TO STREET CiR. burned. Under somewhat unfavorable conditions, Mr.MacMahon ^vas able to drive liis motor-ear at a speed offifteen miles an hour, with a coal consumption of only twocents a mile. This showing w^as so favorable that moremay be expected of the ammonia-motor in the…
Inventions · Mechanical engineering · Machinery
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