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 236
plant can be inferred. Sixthousand two hundred and fifty feet of trenches were dugfor the sewerage and water-supply, and over two miles ofnarrow-gauge tracks were laid to connect the buildings andhandle the material. The boilers supply nine thousandhorse-power. A large dam was built, where sixty… … THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL. 229 feet long, contains a very powerful blowing-engine of thelatest cross-compound type, and two pressure-punii)S andan accumulator, to furnish and regulate the hydraulic ser-vice throughout the plant. There are six thousand feet ofpipe in the hydraulic service, all laid…
Inventions · Mechanical engineering · Machinery
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