Railway and Locomotive Engineering . drawbar. The first two of these will bebriefly noted, and the latter referred toin a subsequent article. Ross Winans was granted a patent onOctober 11, 1828, for what he termedWinans Friction-saving Rail-way Car-riage, the improvement consisting, asstated in his claim, in the employment ofsecondary wheels bearing the loading ontheir axles, the peripheries of which sec-ondary wheels, are turned by the revolu-tion of the axle of the primary or travel-ing wheels, the main axle thereof, by itsgudgeons, or journals, rolling on, or in,the said peripheries when th
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . drawbar. The first two of these will bebriefly noted, and the latter referred toin a subsequent article. Ross Winans was granted a patent onOctober 11, 1828, for what he termedWinans Friction-saving Rail-way Car-riage, the improvement consisting, asstated in his claim, in the employment ofsecondary wheels bearing the loading ontheir axles, the peripheries of which sec-ondary wheels, are turned by the revolu-tion of the axle of the primary or travel-ing wheels, the main axle thereof, by itsgudgeons, or journals, rolling on, or in,the said peripheries when the carriage ismoved. The casings of the friction or sec-ondary wheels are shown in the side andend views of the car, and are marked ontlie latter, fricton wheel box. The axle journals, which are, as indi-cated in the illustrations, on the out-sides of the wheels, are the subject of theVVnians Patent of July 20, 1831, the claimof which is as follows: I therefore declare that the improve-ment, or improvements, above explainedand descri
Size: 1635px × 1529px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyork, bookyear19
