Part 11 (1/2)

For the purpose of steering the carriage, a vertical spindle was placed at some distance before the axle of the front wheels and on its lower end a small drum was fixed Around this drum was coiled a chain with its middle fixed upon the drule with the druest side

The other end of the vertical spindle was connected with a frame situated in front of the coachman's or rather the steersman's seat and here on the spindle was a horizontal beveled-toothed wheel Over this wheel an axis extended, ter from the axes in different directions, so that one was dohen the other was up Upon this axis was fixed another beveled-toothed wheel taking into the first

When these wheels were turned in one direction the right-hand fore wheel of the carriage advanced and the coach turned towards the left, while when they were turned in the other direction the left-hand wheel advanced and the carriage turned towards the right

The driving wheels were connected with the axle by means of a pair of ratchets furnished with a double set of ratchet teeth and a reversing pall By this one wheel could be advanced or backed while the other re in a contrary direction, an arrange The steers rods and lever

Motion was co wheels by a double set of spur wheel gear, arranged to give different powers or velocities, by having both a large and a s as well as the driven axis By shi+fting the large wheel on the driving axis into gear with the small wheel on the driven axis speed was obtained, and by shi+fting their relative position till the se wheel on the driven axis, poas obtained at the expense of speed These two axes were kept at the sa rods, although the relative positions h roads

In August, 1833, the Heatons placed a steaht accident occurred at the start, but after repairs were ine was a stage-coach, carrying twenty passengers, the load weighing nearly two tons Lickey Hill was ascended, a rise of one in nine, and even one in eight in some places Many parts of the hill were very soft, but by putting both wheels in gear they ascended to the summit, seven hundred yards in nine haes, subject to the condition of keeping up an average speed of ten e was built and tried in 1834, but after trials, the Messrs Heaton dissolved their contract, as they were unable to doupwards of ten thousand dollars in endeavors to effect stea that the wear and tear were excessive at ten e was heavy, and wasteful in steaineer, connected with the Deptford Che the first to be interested in steam-road locomotion He was fae of his own that was tried in 1840 He journeyed to Sevenoaks and elsewhere and ran up steep hills with the carriage, fully loaded, at twelve miles an hour, and on the level at sixteen ear that was invented by Richard Roberts and that by some writers has been credited to him

To put Hill's patents to practical use The General Steae Company was formed in 1843 The probable success of the company was based upon the belief that there was a demand for additional road accommodations in order that road locoigantic railway oods short distances The company stated in its prospectus ”that while they confidently believe the ied and propose to employ in the first instance to be the land, they do not bind themselves to adhere to any particular invention, but will avail themselves of every discovery to promote steam coach conveyance”

Trial trips were s, and sie s and back, a distance of one hundred and twenty-eight e coaches The Mechanic's Magazine said: ”We accoo, in a short run up and down the hills about Blackheath, Broain the pleasure of accos Road, as far as Tunbridge and back The e took all the hills, both in the ascent and the descent, proved how completely every difficulty on this head had been sure, both the coach and thefras In the rear were the boiler, furnace, and water tanks, with a place for the engineer and fireman In front was a coach body with seats for six inside, three on the box, and the conductor in front The front part of the carriage was also suspended upon springs The carriage was propelled by a pair of ten-inch cylinders and pistons, horizontally placed beneath the carriage These acted upon two nine-inch cranks, coupled to the ear; the two six-foot six-inch diaines passed through theht of the boiler when empty o thousand three hundred pounds, and it had a capacity of about sixty gallons of water, while one hundred gallons ht of the carriage, including water, coke, and twelve passengers, was less than four tons On heavy and rough roads the steaood roads only sixty pounds The average speed was sixteen miles an hour, but on a level twenty es were running fro been in operation four or five years Sers comfortably, but soon went out of use

GOODMAN

Early in the forties a small road locomotive was made by Goodman, of Southwark, London It orked by a pair of direct-acting engines, coupled to the crank shaft A chain pinion on the crank shaft transh an endless pitch chain working over a chain wheel of larger dia shaft The smoke from the boiler was conducted by a flue placed beneath the carriage The vehicle had a speed of from ten to twelve miles an hour

NORRGBER

A correspondent of The Mechanic's Magazine, of London, wrote in 1843: ”Norrgber, of Sweden, a lockse which ran between Copenhagen and Corsoer, carrying thirty passengers, the engine being of eight horse-power”

J K FISHER

A seneral character was like a railroad loconed by J K Fisher, of New York, in 1840 It was not until 1853, however, that he went beyond this Then he built another carriage, with driving wheels five feet in diameter, and two steam cylinders four inches in diae attained a speed of fifteenthe next two years, Fishertwelve ines he introduced several novelties, a parallel connections between the crank shaft and the driving axle In the steering gear a screas placed across the front part of the carriage carrying a nut, to which the end of an elongated reverted pole was jointed The screas turned by bevel gearing, one wheel being keyed to the end of the screw, and the other to the steerage rod, the opposite end of this rod having a lever placed within easy access of the footplate Fisher's carriages were driven by direct-acting engines, one cylinder on each side of the sland, in 1822 Died, March 8, 1873

R W Thompson caland and engaged in scientific experi at Aberdeen and Dundee He invented a rotary engine during this period of his life In 1846, being then in business for himself, he conceived the idea of india-rubber tires and perfected this in 1876 In December of that year he made a small road locomotive to draw an omnibus and this was sent to the Island of Ceylon Other road stean were manufactured and sent to India and elsewhere

ANTHONY BERNHARD

In 1848, a coe invented by Anthony Bernhard, Baron von Rathen, was built in England It weighed three tons, and on its first trip was driven at a speed of eight miles an hour Upon one occasion it made twelvetwenty passengers Until near 1870, Baron von Rathen was engaged in inventing coines

BATTIN

In 1856, Joseph Battin, of Newark, N J, constructed a steaines

RICHARD DUDGEON