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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60 pounds air motors ammonia motor atmos atmospheric railway atmospheric tension average boiler cable lines capacity carbonic acid cents charge compressed air cost of fuel Cost of operation cost of plant cubic feet cubic foot diameter Double Track economy elastic fluids electric roads engine equal estimate evaporated experiments feet per second fire apparatus foot-pounds gallons gas motors given Hardie motor heat high pressure horse horse-power hot water increased initial pressure initial velocity length locomotive machinery mile run mileage Miles of Double miles per hour minute moisture motor cylinders naphtha operation per car-mile ordinary passenger patents piston pneumatic motor pounds of coal pounds of water pounds per square pounds pressure power required propulsion rail reduced reheating repairs reservoirs Second Avenue Railroad square feet square inch square root steam motors street motors Street Railway Journal stroke tank temperature tion tons traction transmission trip trolley volume water discharge
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