LOCOMOTIVE
ENGINE
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there is the leverage of the whole length of the axle to keep them upright, but when
they are loose there is only the hold of the thickness of the nave.
The construction of the wheels is shewn in figs. 32, 33,34, and 35, to a scale of an
Fig. 32.
Fig. 34
inch and a half to a foot, or double the size of the engravings. Fig. 32 is a section
through the centre of one of the small wheels, and fig. 33, is a cross section through
Fig. 35.
Fig. 33.