. The ways of our railways . ELECTRIC TliAIN, N. K. KPhoto by British Tliniisoii-Hoiiitoii Co.]. OIL-BURXIXG LOCOMOTIV:; WITH T.^, G. E. :o by !. • ,- • •• : !•■ ■t-hing Co.] THE MECHANISM OF MOTIVE-POWER. 105 the apparatus for feeding the boiler may cause a shortage of water and consequent total disablement. The bursting of the httle glass tube which records the height of water in the boiler may have a similar result, as may also the melting of about 3 oz. of lead in the plug screwed into the top of the firebox. Again, when we consider that the slightest suspicion of bad workmanship
. The ways of our railways . ELECTRIC TliAIN, N. K. KPhoto by British Tliniisoii-Hoiiitoii Co.]. OIL-BURXIXG LOCOMOTIV:; WITH T.^, G. E. :o by !. • ,- • •• : !•■ ■t-hing Co.] THE MECHANISM OF MOTIVE-POWER. 105 the apparatus for feeding the boiler may cause a shortage of water and consequent total disablement. The bursting of the httle glass tube which records the height of water in the boiler may have a similar result, as may also the melting of about 3 oz. of lead in the plug screwed into the top of the firebox. Again, when we consider that the slightest suspicion of bad workmanship in the adjustment of a bearing or in the fixing of a pin an inch long in the valve motion may cause the total disablement of the mechanism of the motive power, it speaks volumes for the care and attention bestowed on locomotives that they should run millions of miles with punctuality and immunity from failure and accident. The engines of one British railway alone, the London and North-Western Railway, are running upwards of 72,000,000 miles per annum, which is equal in total d
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