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Mechanics' magazine and register of inventions and improvements . vented, I believe, by a Mr. MoUery, of Os-wego, which is even more compact thanEricssons, and much more simple and easyto construct. The only one which I haveever seen was used for propelling a smallboat called the Water Witch, about thesize of a common canal boat. She had twoengines, one to each wheel, and these wereof such dimensions that a man might easilycarry one in each hand. And yet it work-e i rapidly and easy, moving the boat withconsiderable velocity—say, 10 miles an whole machinery occupied about a thirdof th
Mechanics' magazine and register of inventions and improvements . vented, I believe, by a Mr. MoUery, of Os-wego, which is even more compact thanEricssons, and much more simple and easyto construct. The only one which I haveever seen was used for propelling a smallboat called the Water Witch, about thesize of a common canal boat. She had twoengines, one to each wheel, and these wereof such dimensions that a man might easilycarry one in each hand. And yet it work-e i rapidly and easy, moving the boat withconsiderable velocity—say, 10 miles an whole machinery occupied about a thirdof the boat. EXPLANATION. Fig. 1 represents a longitudinal sectionthrough the middle of the chamber A A. Bis a piston or vane, moving on the axis T,packed in the usual manner. D, a sUdemoving in the steam box C. F F are pipes or holes for throwing the steam on the pis-ton. E, the aperture for the exhaust. Fig. 2 is a top view of the cap to thechamber, having the steam box taken F, holes communicating with the interiorof the chamber. E, exhaust hole. Fig. 3 i
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