. The locomotive engineer . across the wogon faults in design, and were not overly handsome,but they were very edleient for their inches andweighl, and Mr. Twombly was a long way in ad-vttnce of his neighhors in getting rid of brass andpolish, and making locomolivus for utility paint brush; but the shapes of pieces have beenmade more symmetrical, and a touch of a grindfllonchere and there has mailt- annie of the caslinfp looklike planed wrought-iron. engines have splendid boilers. We used a great deal of cast-iron and rough forgings, spoke about some of the dnl^ils of their construe-Gnis


. The locomotive engineer . across the wogon faults in design, and were not overly handsome,but they were very edleient for their inches andweighl, and Mr. Twombly was a long way in ad-vttnce of his neighhors in getting rid of brass andpolish, and making locomolivus for utility paint brush; but the shapes of pieces have beenmade more symmetrical, and a touch of a grindfllonchere and there has mailt- annie of the caslinfp looklike planed wrought-iron. engines have splendid boilers. We used a great deal of cast-iron and rough forgings, spoke about some of the dnl^ils of their construe-Gnisbed with & paint brush. These pieces did tion in our Issue of February last. Total length of boiler, 33 Sf. The are-box is 7Sf long. 88| wide at (he at the crown sheet ond 7H deep. The shell Is of | steel, and the flrc-box of |ste«l, excepting the flue slicci, which is i. The vertical seams are double-rtveted, lapped rivetH, pitched 2) apart. These scums have a 102 THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER. [September, 1891 patch welt 10 wide on


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