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for example , a Mallet articulated compound locomotive weighing 445,000 pounds and having a grate area of 99.85 square feet . In the series of tests on the Lake Shore already referred to , the average consumption of coal was 129.6 ...
for example , a Mallet articulated compound locomotive weighing 445,000 pounds and having a grate area of 99.85 square feet . In the series of tests on the Lake Shore already referred to , the average consumption of coal was 129.6 ...
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Designed for a load 2.98 times that of the Forth bridge , or 13,340 pounds per lineal foot as compared to 4,480 pounds , it will weigh 2.3 times as much per lineal foot . The heaviest bottom chord will weigh 160 tons , the pedestals ...
Designed for a load 2.98 times that of the Forth bridge , or 13,340 pounds per lineal foot as compared to 4,480 pounds , it will weigh 2.3 times as much per lineal foot . The heaviest bottom chord will weigh 160 tons , the pedestals ...
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Three horse - power furnishes all power needed to make 6,000 pounds of milk into cheese in one day . Six horse - power will run a feed mill grinding twenty bushels of corn an hour . Five horsepower grinds twenty - five to forty bushels ...
Three horse - power furnishes all power needed to make 6,000 pounds of milk into cheese in one day . Six horse - power will run a feed mill grinding twenty bushels of corn an hour . Five horsepower grinds twenty - five to forty bushels ...
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