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Identifier: americanengineer68newy (find matches)
Title: American engineer and railroad journal
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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in-ders. Finally, there isa 50 II P. high-speedengine drivingkilo-watt dynamo at aspeed of 850 revolu-tions per minute, anddeveloping a 110-voltcurrent. This currentis used for the electriclights about the build-ing and for drivingthe electric motors onthe gun carriages. Aslate switchboard inthe engine-room con-tains an ammeter,voltmeter and switch-es for connecting tothe guns. In the en-gine room above thecirculating pumps arethe feed-water heatersthrough which the ex-haust steam from thecompressor enginesand pumps praising the tempera-ture of the feed waterto 180°. The pressure ordi-narily stored in (hereservoirs is 2,000lbs., though it is re. t 1,000 lbs. forservice in the guns.In the room occupiedby the storage reser-voirs there is a bankof valves workingsomewhat on the prin-ciple of a gate valve,but modified for thespecial service whichthey are to render : forwhile they are held i by the j>rupon the back of thevalve there is a small 396 THE AMERICAN ENGINEER (September, 1894.
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b! OX X * 7a o ? o s X * 2 ; O blH w s r b.O blZ o ca S <o Vol. LXVIII, No. 9.) AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 397

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  • bookid:americanengineer68newy
  • bookyear:1893
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Railroad_engineering
  • booksubject:Engineering
  • booksubject:Railroads
  • booksubject:Railroad_cars
  • bookpublisher:New_York___M_N__Forney
  • bookcontributor:Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:385
  • bookcollection:carnegie_lib_pittsburgh
  • bookcollection:americana
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