. Railway mechanical engineer . sproved very satisfactory- as it forms a good hub liner at avery nominal cost. The device as applied to the machine isshown in the drawing. The dies A and B are made to cor- CoRN Used as Fvel in Argentina.—Because of theimpossibility of securing coal from England, from whichcountry Argentina formerly imported its supply, accord-ing to an article in the Railway Gazette (London), thedemand for hard wood, obtained from forests in the north-ern part of the country, grew so rapidly that the railwaysfound it difficult to haul to the south sufficient wood tosupply them
. Railway mechanical engineer . sproved very satisfactory- as it forms a good hub liner at avery nominal cost. The device as applied to the machine isshown in the drawing. The dies A and B are made to cor- CoRN Used as Fvel in Argentina.—Because of theimpossibility of securing coal from England, from whichcountry Argentina formerly imported its supply, accord-ing to an article in the Railway Gazette (London), thedemand for hard wood, obtained from forests in the north-ern part of the country, grew so rapidly that the railwaysfound it difficult to haul to the south sufficient wood tosupply themselves and other consumers. Experiments werethen made with corn (maize), of which there was anabundance in the republic, and it was found that maizewould burn freely and had practically the same calorificvalue as hard wood. It gave good results in the stationarylioilers of power houses where thousands of tons were burnedtacli month. Some was also used in locomotives. It wasburned sometimes in the form of grain, but more often. Details of the Bulldozer Dies and Sequence of the Operations for Forming Hub Liners respond to the inside and outside diameters respectively ofthe hub liners, A being bolted to the top of one plate and Bbeing bolted to the bottom of the other. To form the liner, a piece of wTought iron 1 in. by 3}^ of the proper length to make a full circle is brought toa cherry red heat and laid across the bottom plate and againstthe periphery of die A. The first stroke of the bulldozerforms a piece similar to the shape shown at L. The iron isthen moved until the center of the die is about one-fourth thedistance from the end, and the second stroke of the bulldozerforms it to the shape shown at M. A similar operation onthe opposite end at the third stroke forms the iron almostcircular as shown at N. It is turned several times on theplate until a perfect circle is obtained and the ends join welltogether. The dies A and B are bolted to the plates
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