. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ddle of the is a practical safety first invention,and not only saves the eyes from theeffects of incoming wind, but also stopsthe current of smoke and cinders thatcomes from the ash pan when a crosswind is blowing from the opposite sideof the engine, and also has the quality ofhaving the vision entirely open. The accompanying illustrations affordviews of the device in position. Patentshave been already secured in Canada andu iv being adopted by the Canadian roadsthrough the Broth


. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ddle of the is a practical safety first invention,and not only saves the eyes from theeffects of incoming wind, but also stopsthe current of smoke and cinders thatcomes from the ash pan when a crosswind is blowing from the opposite sideof the engine, and also has the quality ofhaving the vision entirely open. The accompanying illustrations affordviews of the device in position. Patentshave been already secured in Canada andu iv being adopted by the Canadian roadsthrough the Brotherhood of LocomotiveEngineers, and each of the ProvincialBrotherhoods have in their care a regularworking model of the mask, testing it un-der the varying weather conditions, andall opinions agree as to its usefulnessand efficiency. In conclusion it may be stated author-itatively that under normal conditionsthe eyes absorb 25 to 30 per cent, of thenervous energy generated by the humanbody, and in a way, dominate the situa-tion and uses the energy to meet thestrains as they come, and when unusually. DOUBLE DEFLECTOR SHIELD FOR LOCOMOTIVES IN POSITION hundred per cent, of efficiency, but a mar- taxed have a very depressing effect on gin of effectiveness for any extreme con- the other parts of the body that under tingency of bad weather conditions, in- such conditions have lost a great part of eluding a soft snow fall, which is the their usual supply of energy, so that no most severe test to which the mask can care is too great to take when the eyesight be subjected. can be conserved and safeguarded. 330 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. October, 1915. The 0. K. Locomotive Valve Gear By R. W. ROGERS, M. E. Apprentice Instructor, Port Jervis, N. Y. Designed and In Operation In Germany The trouble with most radial valve lead and 3yi in. travel full gear; a good outside admission either a rocker is placedgears such as the Joy and Marshall and distribution of the steam. Any desired


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