 Trevethick's engine. The invention of the double cylinder was due to Matthew Murray, of Leeds, one of the best mechanical engineers of his time, Mr. Blenkinsop, who was not himself a mechanic, having consulted him as to all the practical arrangements...  The life of George Stephenson, railway engineer - Page 72by Samuel Smiles - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Tredgold - Carriage and wagon making - 1825 - 260 pages
...the axles. The engine is a high pressure one, and has two working cylinders. The connecting rods give motion to two pinions by cranks at right angles to each other, and these pinions communicate the motion to the wheels, which work into the teeth of the rail-way by... | |
 | Thomas Tredgold - Technology & Engineering - 1825 - 218 pages
...the axles. The engine is a high pressure one, and has two working cylinders. The connecting rods give motion to two pinions by cranks at right angles to each other, and these pinions communicate the motion to the wheels, which work into the teeth of the rail-way by... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Collection locomotives - 1857 - 576 pages
...Leeds, one of the best mechanical engineers of his time, Mr. Blenkinsop, who was not himself a mechanic, having consulted him as to all the practical arrangements...Leeds, a distance of about three miles and a half, ou the 12th of August, 1812.* They continued for many years to be one of the principal curiosities... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Engineers - 1862 - 558 pages
...one of the best mechanical engineers of his time ; Mr. Blenkinsop, who was not himself a mechanic, having consulted him as to all the practical arrangements...communicating the motion to the wheel which worked into the cogged-rail. Mr. Bl en kin sop's engines began running on the railway extending from the Middleton... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Engineers - 1862 - 552 pages
...one of the best mechanical engineers of his time ; Mr. Blenkinsop, who was not himself a mechanic, having consulted him as to all the practical arrangements...The connecting-rods gave the motion to two pinions b; cranks at right angles to each other ; these pinion communicating the motion to the wheel which... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Engineers - 1862 - 792 pages
...one of the best mechanical engineers of his time ; Mr. Blenkinsop, who was not himself a mechanic, having consulted him as to all the practical arrangements of his locomotive. The connecting-rods gave the morion to two pinions by cranks at right angles to each other ; these pinions communicating the motion... | |
 | Richard Vickerman Taylor - 1865 - 552 pages
...cog-wheel working into a toothed-rack cast upon the side of one of the rails. Mr. Blenkinsop's engine began running on the railway extending from the Middleton...three miles and a half, on the 12th of August, 1812. This engine was set to work two years before George Stephenson started his earliest locomotive, and... | |
 | Yorkshire Geological Society - Geology - 1889 - 636 pages
...one of the best mechanical engineers of his time, Mr. Blenkinsop (who was not himself a mechanic), having consulted him as to all the practical arrangements of his locomotive. The cylinders were placed vertically, and were immersed for a considerable portion of their length in the... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Engineers - 1904 - 536 pages
...Mr. Blenkinsop, who was not a mechanic, having consulted him as to all the practical arrangements. The connectingrods gave the motion to two pinions...communicating the motion to the wheel which worked into the cogged-rail. Mr. Blenkinsop's engines began running on the railway from the Middleton Collieries to... | |
 | Great Britain - 1922 - 1492 pages
...was not himself a mechanic, having consulted him as to all the practical details. The connecting rods gave the motion to two pinions by cranks at right...communicating the motion to the wheel which worked into the cogged rail. The first experiment with Blenkinsop's engine was made on Wednesday, 24 June 1812. Upon... | |
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