. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. Fig. 37. 3. The curved barrel-engine (Fig. 39) is excellent; for the barrel, piston-rods, &c, being so constructed as to be turned on a lathe, they are so accurate that there is the least possible loss of power, either from unnecessary friction or from an imperfect vacuum. Fig. Another garden engine of still greater power, is illustrated by the annexed drawing (Fig. 40); it is somewhat more costly than those in general use, but may be used for a variety of purposes, and in some cases might be used to. Please note that these images are ext
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. Fig. 37. 3. The curved barrel-engine (Fig. 39) is excellent; for the barrel, piston-rods, &c, being so constructed as to be turned on a lathe, they are so accurate that there is the least possible loss of power, either from unnecessary friction or from an imperfect vacuum. Fig. Another garden engine of still greater power, is illustrated by the annexed drawing (Fig. 40); it is somewhat more costly than those in general use, but may be used for a variety of purposes, and in some cases might be used to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johnson, George William, 1802-1886; Landreth, David. Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard
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