 Now the old shop stood on one of those New Jersey shale hills, and every time we opened up the engine and she got to about 300 revolutions the whole hill shook under her. We shut her off and rebalanced and tried again, and after a good deal of trouble...  Science and Industry - Page 1351901Full view - About this book
 | Francis Arthur Jones - Biography & Autobiography - 1907 - 434 pages
...the old shop stood on one of those New Jersey shale hills, and every time we opened up the engine and she got to about 300 revolutions the whole hill shook...deal of trouble we finally did run up to 700, but you should have seen her run ! Why, every time the connecting rod went up she tried to lift that whole... | |
 | Francis Rolt-Wheeler - 1915 - 238 pages
...the old shop stood on one of those New Jersey shale hills, and every time we opened up the engine and she got to about 300 revolutions, the whole hill shook...of trouble, we finally did run up to 700, but you should have seen her run ! Why, every time the connecting rod went up, she tried to lift that whole... | |
 | Asa Don Dickinson - Biography - 1916 - 238 pages
...the old shop stood on one of those New Jersey shale hills, and every time we opened up the engine and she got to about 300 revolutions the whole hill shook...deal of trouble we finally did run up to 700, but you should have seen her run! Why, every time the connecting rod went up she tried to lift that whole hill... | |
 | Francis Arthur Jones - Electrical engineers - 1924 - 456 pages
...the old shop stood on one of those New Jersey shale hills, and every time we opened up the engine and she got to about 300 revolutions the whole hill shook...deal of trouble we finally did run up to 700, but you should have seen her run! Why, every time the connecting rod went up she tried to lift that whole hill... | |
 | Locomotives - 1901 - 904 pages
...happen, so we tied a chain around the throttle valve and ran it out through a window into the woodshed where we stood to work it. "Now, if you remember the...under her. We shut her off and rebalanced and tried «gain, and after a good deal of trouble, we finally did run up to 700, but you ought to have seen... | |
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