. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . tselfreadil) for the of such mate-rials as asbestos fabrics, householdutensils, theater curtains, clothing for(iremen, etc. Just here it may be re-marked that asbestos is a fire resistingmaterial of liigh quality, but in the solid earth-flax and mountain-cork. It is thefabulous unquenchable stone. Thisname is derived from the effects ofwater on quick lime, with which asbes-tos is often associated. The ancients,ignorant of the chemical combinationwhich took place, wrongly ascribed the
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . tselfreadil) for the of such mate-rials as asbestos fabrics, householdutensils, theater curtains, clothing for(iremen, etc. Just here it may be re-marked that asbestos is a fire resistingmaterial of liigh quality, but in the solid earth-flax and mountain-cork. It is thefabulous unquenchable stone. Thisname is derived from the effects ofwater on quick lime, with which asbes-tos is often associated. The ancients,ignorant of the chemical combinationwhich took place, wrongly ascribed theproduction of heat when water camein contact with lime to the presence ofthis unquenchable stone. Nails, Ancient and Modern. fhe first nails were undoubtedly thesharp teeth of various animals; then, itis believed, pointed fragments of flintfollowed. The first manufactured metalnails were of bronze. The nail withwhich Jael killed Sisera was a woodentent-pin, probably pointed with nails have been found in theSwiss lake dwellings, in several places inFrance, and in the Valley of the MODERN 4-4-0 FOR THE DUTCH .STATF. OF J.\\.\. walls of the water tank of the tender aregalvanized to prevent rust. Some of the dimensions of the engineare as follows: Gauge of track, , 14,93 and by of driving wheels, of engine truck wheels, Rigid wheel base, 7 ft. ins. To-tal wheel base of engine, 20 ft. pressure carried, about 175 area, about sq. ft. Total heat-ing surface, about 1, sq. ft. Watercapacity, about 2,378 U. S. gallons. Coalcapacity, 6,600 lbs. Unquenchable Stone. It is said that tlic Kmpcror Charle-magne had a table cloth made of as-bestos, and that it was cleaned by beingthrown on the fire and all the stainsburned out. Prior to the year 1850 thissubstance was looked upon as a curiosityand was practically unknown in the arts. There are two varieties
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