. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . Velocipe«le Hand Car. of railway carriage. The faces of men do notdiffer more than do the details of railway car-riage, albeit the differencesare not radical. The wealth,culture and surroundings ofnations influence their con-structive ideas in this field asthey do in that of buildingsand other concomitants oflife. The illustrations em-bodied herein show this. Utility is, however, thepredominant idea with all. Ideality does notenter into the subject or only in a minor best to meet the re-quirements of the serviceis the all-absorb
. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . Velocipe«le Hand Car. of railway carriage. The faces of men do notdiffer more than do the details of railway car-riage, albeit the differencesare not radical. The wealth,culture and surroundings ofnations influence their con-structive ideas in this field asthey do in that of buildingsand other concomitants oflife. The illustrations em-bodied herein show this. Utility is, however, thepredominant idea with all. Ideality does notenter into the subject or only in a minor best to meet the re-quirements of the serviceis the all-absorbingthought with every build-er. The problem he setshimself to solve is to con-struct a nuichine that willdo a given amount ofwork at the least cost forthe machine itself; thatwill be economical aboveall others, according tothe work it performs, asregards fuel and otherincidentals which enterinto its operations; thatshall be durable andtrustworthv; that can be. Swinging or Dumping Car. Ca-pacity, 15 bushels; weight, 7 is light enough to be handled bytwo persons and short enough soit will turn on a small table orshort radius. It is used in coaland ore mines to haul ore to thesurface and permit dumping atend of car. easily operated ;will only require the minimum of repairs; thatthat 150 RAILWAY EQUIPMENT. will not prove destructive to the track, and,finally, that will be popular w4th those who haveto handle it, on the footboard, in the roundhouseand at headquarters. In looking over the accompanying illustra-tions, the reader cannot but be impressed withthe beauty of the locomotive considered purelyas a work of art. Who, moreover, has everstood beside a modern locomotive withoutemotion; without admiration for its beautifullines; its mammoth proportions, and magnificent possibilities? What, forinstance, can be morebeautiful than the loco-motive of the Chemins defer De LEtat Beige por-trayed elsewhere herein?it is a poem in iron,wherein ar
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