Scientific American Volume 03 Number 09 (August 1860) . ame department by the same prolific inventor. There are three features in this invention, the suspend-ing of the bow to the fore wheels, the hanging to thehind wheels, and the arrangment of the paddle hanging of the fore wheels is shown in Fig. 1. Theaxle is made Bquare in the middle, and a thick slab ofindia-rubber, a, is bent around it and secured by this india-rubber, behind the axle, a hole is j&! WHAT IS TO BECOME OF THE GREATEASTERN ? We copy the following reflections on the probabledestiny of the great s
Scientific American Volume 03 Number 09 (August 1860) . ame department by the same prolific inventor. There are three features in this invention, the suspend-ing of the bow to the fore wheels, the hanging to thehind wheels, and the arrangment of the paddle hanging of the fore wheels is shown in Fig. 1. Theaxle is made Bquare in the middle, and a thick slab ofindia-rubber, a, is bent around it and secured by this india-rubber, behind the axle, a hole is j&! WHAT IS TO BECOME OF THE GREATEASTERN ? We copy the following reflections on the probabledestiny of the great ship, from the New York Herald:— The Great Eastern left the Chesapeake on Saturdaymorning, after her southern trip, and arrived here atsix oclock on Tuesday afternoon. She passed LongBranch at eleven oclock in the morning. The monstership, although she has been doing a handsome businesshere in the spectacular line, will hardly pay interest onher capital stock as an object of exhibition; and howshe is to be made to pay in her legitimate trade is a. DAVIS IMPROVED BUGGY BOAT. made, through which passes the hook on the end of thebow of the boat; the hook being secured by a nut. Themanner of hangincr the hind wheels is shown in Fig. slab of india-rubber, 6, is secured to the gunwale ofthe boat by the loop, c, at one end, and by the loop, d,at the other end. The loop, d, is connected to the gun-wale by a bolt which operates as a hinge, allowing theloop to be turned down as shown by the dotted lines,thus releasing one end of the spring, 6, for the purposeof admitting the axle under it, or for the purpose of re- problem. She comes and goes now on her pleasurecoasting service without exciting any extraordinary in-terest. People gaze at her vast proportions as she steamsup and down the bay, just as boys do at the great ele-phant in some menagerie procession parading the streets;but there is a deeper interest felt as to her future by thethinking portion of the community, and especia
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