. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . partment there Endless Bed Timber Planer and Jointer. We arc pleased to show our readersin general and car builders in particulara cut of a new machine especially de-signed to meet the requirements of thelatter class. It is built for heavy surfac-ing, on either one or both sides, as de-sired. It works stock on two sides 30inches wide and 14 inches thick, and willplane in a very superior way the foursides of a timber to 28 inches wide and14 inches thick. It will plane at one op-eration two sid
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . partment there Endless Bed Timber Planer and Jointer. We arc pleased to show our readersin general and car builders in particulara cut of a new machine especially de-signed to meet the requirements of thelatter class. It is built for heavy surfac-ing, on either one or both sides, as de-sired. It works stock on two sides 30inches wide and 14 inches thick, and willplane in a very superior way the foursides of a timber to 28 inches wide and14 inches thick. It will plane at one op-eration two sides and one edge of twopieces up to 12 inches wide and 14 inchesthick. The feeding mechanism consistsof a traveling bed supported on foursteel-faced ways, over which are placedtwo divided rollers, and under these twoboards of unequal thickness can be placedand fed at the same time. The cylinders, pressure bars and rollshave easy, quick and accurate adjust-ments, with a view of making all aslabor-saving as possible, and whennecessary to change the thickness of thematerial being worked it can be done. ENDLESS BED TIMBER PLANER AND JOINTER. is a complete surgical outfit consistmgof an operating table, towels, basins,brushes and all necessary feature of the car is its equip-ment with tools tor the use of workersat a wreck. There are saws, axes, chainsand hooks, ropes, shovels, crowbars andpickaxes. A Babcock fire extinguisherfor hand use has been provided. It issaid that if this car proves its usefulnessanother may be put on the BuffaloDivision. An Optical Illusion. Box Tunnel between Bath and Bristolin England is not only perfectly straight,but the railway track is perfectly flatalso. When you approach the yawningmouth of the tunnel all is black and dis-mal-looking; but immediately you enterthe dark portal you see the other end ofthe tunnel, some three miles away, andso near does it appear that you can ap-parently emerge at the other end in afew steps. But as you
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