. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . 30,000 locomotives in actual use in theUnited States, besides the hundreds ofthousands of stationary engines of allkinds and sizes. From a round 30,oc»locomotives he estimates as much as 53,-000,000,000 cubic yards of vapor eachweek, 7,000,000,000 cubic yards a day, allto be returned as rain—quite enough,he says, to produce a good rain-stormevery twenty-four hours. He estimatesother engines of all descriptions at 180,-000—probably a very low estimate—andconcludes that these, with the locomoti
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . 30,000 locomotives in actual use in theUnited States, besides the hundreds ofthousands of stationary engines of allkinds and sizes. From a round 30,oc»locomotives he estimates as much as 53,-000,000,000 cubic yards of vapor eachweek, 7,000,000,000 cubic yards a day, allto be returned as rain—quite enough,he says, to produce a good rain-stormevery twenty-four hours. He estimatesother engines of all descriptions at 180,-000—probably a very low estimate—andconcludes that these, with the locomotives,send about 470,000,000,000 yards of vaporinto the air every seven days. Ls it notenough, he asks, to give us flood ofterror? Hundreds of gas-wells sendingtheir poison into the atmosphere; millionsof cesspools and sewers. Would it be anywonder if some blighting plague would laywaste the land?. with Wliee*. All Brass, extra heavy, with Cased Plug. For 250 lbs. with Draining Plug to prevent freezing. Locomotive GaugeCocks For High Fresinre Bordo Self-Grind-ing Gauge Cocks,made with renew-able Hard BronzeDisc. Opened andclosed with a quar-ter turn. Guaran-teed Steam tightunder the most ex-acting Threadedto specifications forLocomotives. Swing-Joints andPipe Attachment
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