. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. This apparatus consists of a seat to destroy tlie vibration of the railway carriages shown in figures 6 and 7, this consists of the outer case C, formed with a double bottom, dividing it into two parts, the upper in which the seat floats, and the under forming a receptacle for the superfluous water, the inner case or box. B, has a space all round it of about an inch clear, and the top of the outer case, and the bottom of the inner floating b(jx is bound round with a loose hem
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. This apparatus consists of a seat to destroy tlie vibration of the railway carriages shown in figures 6 and 7, this consists of the outer case C, formed with a double bottom, dividing it into two parts, the upper in which the seat floats, and the under forming a receptacle for the superfluous water, the inner case or box. B, has a space all round it of about an inch clear, and the top of the outer case, and the bottom of the inner floating b(jx is bound round with a loose hemp gasket or other suitable packing to prevent the sides of the cases from touching and to act as guides for the seat, the seat is raised by a person pump- ing up the water from the lower or waste box D, by means of the syringe D, the seat is lowered by the cocky', being opened by the wire or string g, and allowing the water to flow out into the waste box ; the waste pipe 1, is placed as high as it is proper the water should rise in the upper box witliout overflowing, so that the water returns by it to tlie waste box. The cases or boxes may be made of any suitable materials, hut I consider sheet-iron the best. Figure G is a section and side view, and figure 7 a front view. A, is the seat formed in the same way as a chair or other seat; A, is the suction-pipe of the syringe, and the line n denotes the floor of the carriage. Wheel adapted for the Common Road or Railway. Fig. ?, Side Vie v. Fig. 9, Cross 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 London : [William Laxton]
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