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Title: Railway age gazette
Year: 1913 (1910s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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ewed concentricallyinto the ram is a square threaded adjustment screw, whichcompensates for the different diameters of the shafts and alsoenables the operator to predetermine the tle.xure desired. Thiseliminates all danger of overbending. The entire hydraulic power plant, including five-horsepower FIRE EXTINGUISHER The illustrations show a portable fire extinguisher which isadapted for use in railway service. These extinguishers aremade of steel and are charged with a chemical consisting of acalcium chloride solution filled to a height shown in the drawingas the liquid line. Compressed air is then applied through thespecial Schrader air valve, the air passing down through thebrass tube which extends below the liquid line and provides aliquid seal to the air valve. To operate, the horn shaped leadnozzle at the bottom of the tank is broken off, the shield firstbeing raised. This makes a clean cut opening into the tankand the air pressure will force the liquid out for a distance of25 ft.
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A Closer View of the Shaft Straightener motor, pump, reservoir, etc., is mounted on the top platen ofthe press. The floor space required is 3 ft. 6 in. wide by thelength of the shaft, plus 6 ft. The total net weight of the pressis 19.300 lb. C.^N.ADi.\x Wireless.—When the new chain of wireless stations,now in course of construction by the Canadian government, isfinished and in operation it will be possible for a passenger onany incoming steamship to communicate from mid-ocean as farinland as Fort William, Ont. CiRrvL.\Tiox IN Refriger.\tor C.^RS.—Not only must a refrig-erator car be well built and well insulated, but the icing arrange-ment must be such that the cold air will be well circulatedthroughout the car. Proper circulation will not only keep thecontents of the car at a uniform temperature, but will also carryaway the moisture given oflf by the contents, which, of course,is necessary for the protection of the contents, especially fruitand vegetables. When these products are

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