Mr. ALEXANDER SIEMENS observed that in America the mode of communication between passengers and the engine was a small cord connected with a bell on the locomotive. The plan was simple, and might, he thought, be adopted on English railways instead of the telegraphic appliances.
wished to direct special attention to certain important points in the working of coal-burning locomotives. I n the first place, the steam should always be kept up, while the engine was running. In most of the systems in use, a considerable quantity of cold air was drawn through the flue tubes, the strength of the draught topards the flue tubes not allowing it to approach sufficiently near the surface of the fire, to mix with the smoke. In Mr. Connor's system, although the inclined plate, or deflector, at the doorway, gave the air a downward direction, yet, when it was under the action of a strong blast, the cussent undulated over the Downloaded by [] on [11/09/16].
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