Technical World Magazine, Volume 12Technical World Company, 1909 |
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Page 55
... railways , steamships , and traffic generally , involving the loss of millions . of dollars in the aggregate if spread over an extensive area , than any phenomenon of Nature to which we are liable . The plow will clear the tracks of ...
... railways , steamships , and traffic generally , involving the loss of millions . of dollars in the aggregate if spread over an extensive area , than any phenomenon of Nature to which we are liable . The plow will clear the tracks of ...
Page 66
... RAILWAY CAR . Steel container of liquid gas is attached to tank by tube and fills it at will of valve - operator . pressure on the reservoir being filled ; the safety valve. A MOST momentous ad- vance has been made in providing gas for ...
... RAILWAY CAR . Steel container of liquid gas is attached to tank by tube and fills it at will of valve - operator . pressure on the reservoir being filled ; the safety valve. A MOST momentous ad- vance has been made in providing gas for ...
Page 72
... railways or bridg- ing the very broadest water courses , it has so far refrained from venturing upon the open sea , having only exceptionally suc- ceeded in constructing a bridge over some narrow channel . The artificial island recently ...
... railways or bridg- ing the very broadest water courses , it has so far refrained from venturing upon the open sea , having only exceptionally suc- ceeded in constructing a bridge over some narrow channel . The artificial island recently ...
Page 109
... railway car . It is about twelve feet long and has six wheels . The body of the car contains two high pressure compressed air tanks , a compressed air pump and a number of levers and minor adjustments . In the rear of the contrivance is ...
... railway car . It is about twelve feet long and has six wheels . The body of the car contains two high pressure compressed air tanks , a compressed air pump and a number of levers and minor adjustments . In the rear of the contrivance is ...
Page 110
... railway conveyance . It is the idea of the inventor first to fill the air tanks to their limit , then to start the mechanism which the air tanks operate and start the car moving . The movement of the car and the slightest amount of air ...
... railway conveyance . It is the idea of the inventor first to fill the air tanks to their limit , then to start the mechanism which the air tanks operate and start the car moving . The movement of the car and the slightest amount of air ...
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