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Excerpt from On Atmospheric Traction in General: With Explanations and Illustrations of Pilbrow's Atmospheric Railway and Canal Propulsion The apparatus consists of a tube with a small square chamber above; on this chamber at given distances are small square boxes, into which a pair of spindles are perpendicularly inserted, having a small wheel at either end with oblique threads or channels on its surface; the edges of these wheels enter the chamber above the piston. Into the tube the piston is placed carrying with it an arrow, or bar, or oblique channelled rack, in the square chamber above. The progress of the piston brings the arrow between the edges of the spindle-wheels, and turns the spindles round with great velocity. This descrip tion relates to all that is under the surface of the road mid-way between the rails. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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