. The locomotive engineer . s. Luoomotlve Link Motion HodeL ^ Ever MDcc the establisbment of Tiik LocouotiveEngineer it Uus been giving voice lo a very largeelas!) of engiuevrs and Qrenien, who are attemptinglo help tliemeelves lo a more thomugh knowledge oftheir business, andamongihe first demands was onefor a cheap, yet accurate, model of the vnlve motionof a locomotive; excellent models were in l!iemnrkel. bul they were designed more for tlie draft-ing-room llian for llie lodge-moms of men on tbe near like iin everyday locomotive a« pomible, eachpart occupying llie sunie pliice ns on the ma
. The locomotive engineer . s. Luoomotlve Link Motion HodeL ^ Ever MDcc the establisbment of Tiik LocouotiveEngineer it Uus been giving voice lo a very largeelas!) of engiuevrs and Qrenien, who are attemptinglo help tliemeelves lo a more thomugh knowledge oftheir business, andamongihe first demands was onefor a cheap, yet accurate, model of the vnlve motionof a locomotive; excellent models were in l!iemnrkel. bul they were designed more for tlie draft-ing-room llian for llie lodge-moms of men on tbe near like iin everyday locomotive a« pomible, eachpart occupying llie sunie pliice ns on the machineitself. Till model is jnat half siw, every meaaiinment. liui diameter of the driving wheel, beliictaken from a siinmlard. 17 N H. S-wheekn. The entire niotion, wheel, main nxl, valve, cylin-der, pialon, link, hanger, eceeniricH, ai\- arningeil on one side of n solid fmmi; that udmilx ofllic whole motion being wiilchcd from one point andby a loflpL mom full of men. Tlic fmme. piston and guldens are made of wikmI,. Link Motion Modki. They tell ti Mory ovcrtbere on one of the engineer,whoKe engine wa«aboui lo go into the whohoiHil that lie would not gel one of Ihow Klark. Mr. Iloffecker n-iki-d him if lie had xeen Ihe147. and how he liked Iiit. lie got the followingreply: . Firei Ha.*: hIk-|,4 u mighly nice looking engine. Do know, she reminiU me of a , Ktyllch lady, niw«-l Irjtlher nhnch. NiripcdMocking. -Mirln drew with low neck and .hori■ieevii., pink ■nflb, retl corfCDi, nilk iniapenrt(-r< enrring^, and a darned, old, dirty entieoHlO-booncl. with pwlebounl ulaU in It. road, and cosi well np in the InindreilH of dollnrK. After cDnaiderable thought on the subject, and thefailure of many nttemptA to get some one to putxueh a devif* on the murkel, the edilornf thin paperand Mr. Fred J. Miller, a»«oclale editor of thiAmrrlean Marhinut, designed tbe model tllustmledon this page, which inbeinE mannfaelnn-d and in-troduced b
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