. The street railway review . accurate and complete. The Everest Rotary Engine. ANEW and improved rotary engine, whicli it isclaimed is especially adapted for street rail\va\-purposes, has been patented by J. L. Everest, ofOmaha, Neb. The accompanying cut will givea \erv correct idea of its construction. The piston ismade in the shape of a wheel on a shaft turning in bear-ings in a U frame. This piston has recesses or bucketsin its periphery against which the live steam is tangenti-ally directed through open ports, which are placed atregular distances, all of which are fed from a supply pipewh
. The street railway review . accurate and complete. The Everest Rotary Engine. ANEW and improved rotary engine, whicli it isclaimed is especially adapted for street rail\va\-purposes, has been patented by J. L. Everest, ofOmaha, Neb. The accompanying cut will givea \erv correct idea of its construction. The piston ismade in the shape of a wheel on a shaft turning in bear-ings in a U frame. This piston has recesses or bucketsin its periphery against which the live steam is tangenti-ally directed through open ports, which are placed atregular distances, all of which are fed from a supply pipewhich extends entireh around the c\linder. A series of. exhaust ports are also arranged in a similar manner andempty into a main exhaust pipe. By this arrangementall but one of the buckets of the piston are kept con-stantly filled with live steam, which discharges as itreaches its exhaust port. The piston is made steam tightby the use of packing rings which are held in the cylinderand pressed against the piston by means of side screws,permitting easy adjustment from the outer side of thecylinder. Reed & Sons, proprietors of the Tramway Rail Pittsburg, who have been having their rails tested forsome months, report themselves much pleased with theirsuccess. Mr. Reed has had many years experience inthe rolling-mill business, and has succeeded in studyingout the points that are required for a perfect girder are meeting with great success in their line, havingreceived orders for the entire equipment of a number ofroads. Robert A. Ray, principal of the Hinsdale. N. II.,high school, has, for the instruction of his jnipils in e
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