This 1870s illustration shows a section of a locomotive in the 1870s. The boiler is cylindrical. At one end is the fire-box, partly enclosed in the cylindrical boiler, and surrounded on all sides by the water, except where the furnace door is placed, and at the bottom, where the fuel is heaped up on the bars which permit the cinders to drop out. The letters represent: Steam leaves the boiler from the upper part of the steam dome (A) where it enters the pipe (B). C is the regulator through which steam passes and can be closed or opened to any extent by the handle (D) and then rushes along the
This 1870s illustration shows a section of a locomotive in the 1870s. The boiler is cylindrical. At one end is the fire-box, partly enclosed in the cylindrical boiler, and surrounded on all sides by the water, except where the furnace door is placed, and at the bottom, where the fuel is heaped up on the bars which permit the cinders to drop out. The letters represent: Steam leaves the boiler from the upper part of the steam dome (A) where it enters the pipe (B). C is the regulator through which steam passes and can be closed or opened to any extent by the handle (D) and then rushes along the pipe (E). The blast pipe is F, the chimney is G. H is the piston, K is the connecting rod, which is jointed to the crank (L). There are two safety valves — M and N.
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Keywords: 1700s, 1800s, 1870s, 18th, 19th, century, cross, engine, industrial, invention, inventor, james, locomotive, power, revolution, section, steam, train, trains, watt
