. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . e of 207 feet horizontally with a i inch jet; then it threw astream 292 feet with a \\ inch npzzle. Another machine that attracted at-tention was the J. C. Cary. Its cylinders were \ inches diameter with 14inch stroke, driving a rotary pump. The boiler consisted of 114 pairs ofdouble tubes, each 24 inches diameter, containing one of 14 inch diameter in-iside it, the annular space bet ween t he two being occupied by water, whilstthe fire is circulated among the larger and within
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . e of 207 feet horizontally with a i inch jet; then it threw astream 292 feet with a \\ inch npzzle. Another machine that attracted at-tention was the J. C. Cary. Its cylinders were \ inches diameter with 14inch stroke, driving a rotary pump. The boiler consisted of 114 pairs ofdouble tubes, each 24 inches diameter, containing one of 14 inch diameter in-iside it, the annular space bet ween t he two being occupied by water, whilstthe fire is circulated among the larger and within the smaller tubes. Thejengine weighed :>4 tons, and at a public trial threw 1,100 gallons of water perminute. The height attained with a 11 inch nozzle was 2G* feet horizontally ; a2 inch stream reached 232 feet; and a 24 inch stream through an open butt 19GI feet, In 1SG2, Messrs. Lee & Larned, of New York, sent to the InternationalExhibition at London, one ot their small sized rotary pump engines, called .>horse power, which elicited the greatest approbations from all the engineers 100G OUR O 1 11 I-l l i K >l K N*. 1007 who inspected it, both for its beautiful workmanship and satisfactory working,[he engine itself, which had neither water tank nor coal bunkers, weighed Iton 12 tut. The cylinder was 7 inches diameter with si inch stroke, and hada pair of light balance wheels to t arry it over the cent res : t lie piston rod wasi| inch diameter, the crank shall 1^ inch bearing, the boiler 4 feet, high by 26inches, outside diameter at steam chest. The boiler had 125 feel of beatingsurface. A tender at will was attached behind to carry the hose, coals, the same year the linn built a steam lire engine in England, weighing 3ions 2j cwts : carrying a moderate quantity of coal, several hundred feetof hose, a tool chest and six men. .Many of the engines now in use in this country have conical India rubberdisc-valves, held in position by spiral springs, •ri
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