Releasing Device For Brakes Of Drive-Wheels.
Description:
Patent for "releasing devices for the brakes of drive-wheels of locomotives, whereby the brakes are instantaneously released at the time the train is in motion and before the braked drive-wheels are on the point of sliding on the rails, also before the triple valve acts to release the brakes." (Lines 15-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1897
Creator:
Pelham, Walter O.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department