The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 10, No. 287, December 15, 1827 by Various
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progress of the carriage being thereby regulated from 1 to 10 or 20
miles per hour. 7. The Tank for Water, running from end to end, and the full breadth of the carriage; it will contain 60 gallons of water. 8. The Carriage, capable of holding six inside-passengers. 9. Outside Passengers, of which the present carriage will carry 15. 10. The Hind Boot, containing the Boiler and Furnace. The Boiler is incased with sheet-iron, and between the pipes the coke and charcoal are put, the front being closed in the ordinary way with an iron door. The pipes extend from the cylindrical reservoir of water at the bottom to the cylindrical chamber for steam at the top, forming a succession of lines something like a horse-shoe, turned edgeways. The steam enters the "separators" through large pipes, which are observable on the Plan, and is thence conducted to its proper destination. 11. "Separators," in which the steam is separated from the water, the water descending and returning to the boiler, while the steam ascends, and is forced into the steam-pipes or main arteries of the machine. 12. The Pump, by which the water is pumped from the tank, by means of a flexible hose, to the reservoir, communicating with the boiler. 13. The Main Steam Pipe, descending from the "separators," and proceeding in a direct line under the body of the coach to the "throttle valve" (No. 6,) and thence, under the tank, to the cylinders from which the pistons work. |
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