Street Railway Motors: With Descriptions and Cost of Plants and Operation of the Various Systems in Use Or Proposed for Motive Power on Street Railways |
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20 feet 6-inch pipe 60 pounds air motors atmos atmospheric railway atmospheric tension average boiler cable lines capacity carbonic acid compressed air compressors cost of fuel Cost of operation cost of plant cubic feet cubic foot diameter Double Track economy elastic fluids electric roads engine estimate evaporated experiments feet per second fire apparatus foot-pounds friction of air gallons gas motor given heat horse horse-power hot water increased initial pressure initial velocity length Lockport locomotive loss by friction loss of tension machinery metre mile of 6-inch mile run mileage Miles of Double miles per hour minute motor cylinders naphtha operation per car-mile ordinary piston pneumatic motor pounds of coal pounds of water pounds per square propulsion rail reduced repairs reservoirs Second Avenue Railroad square feet square inch steam motors street motors Street Railway Journal tank temperature tons transmission trip trolley velocity of 20 volume water discharge
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