. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. f-i i. Figure 74.—Baldwin's conical steam joint. Compression pipe joint as shown in patent, September 10, 1834. National Archives photograph. When satisfied that all was ready for a public exhibition, a round-trip to Lancaster was made, accompanied by the canal commissioners, the civil engineers of the road, and a number of invited guests, Mr. Brandt being on the foot-board with my brother. During the trip to Lancaster the commissioners and engineers took turns in riding on the engine. Among the invited guests were Dr. R. M. Patterson,
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. f-i i. Figure 74.—Baldwin's conical steam joint. Compression pipe joint as shown in patent, September 10, 1834. National Archives photograph. When satisfied that all was ready for a public exhibition, a round-trip to Lancaster was made, accompanied by the canal commissioners, the civil engineers of the road, and a number of invited guests, Mr. Brandt being on the foot-board with my brother. During the trip to Lancaster the commissioners and engineers took turns in riding on the engine. Among the invited guests were Dr. R. M. Patterson, director of the Mint, Adam Eckfeldt, chief coiner, our uncle, Franklin Peale, then assayer, melter and refiner, afterwards chief coiner and inventor of the steam-coining press on which the first steam coinage was struck, March 23, 1836, Mr. Thomas Chauncey and a number of others. M. W. Baldwin was the only invited guest that did not accompany us. William Norris, though a rival builder, was sincere in his congratulations, and made himself the life of the party. At our dinner at Lancaster he spoke with enthusiasm of the success and unexpected steadiness with outside connections, saying that from it he dated a new era in locomotive building; he could clearly see the time would come for increasing the number of driving-wheels, heavier engines, with a better distri- bution of weight on the road, making available and using more effectively the steam-power of the engine with less injury to the roadway; he called on the commissioners for their opinion of our engine. Mr. Jas. Cameron replied that they had been very reluctant in consenting that an outside-connected engine should be built; that they had given way to Messrs. Sellers backed as they were lay John Brandt in whom he had great confidence; that he must con- fess to being very agreeably disappointed, as all who had seen the performance could bear witness to the great steadiness of the engine on the road; he had ridden on a
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