P. [259]: ‘1880 and has been under steam’—was ‘1880 and has been under stream.’
P. [267]: ‘made with parabolic reflectors’—was ‘made with parobolic reflectors.’
Transcription of Advertisement on [Pg. 254]
UNION WORKS, SOUTH BOSTON, SETH WILMARTH, Proprietor,
MANUFACTURER OF LOCOMOTIVES, STATIONARY STEAM ENGINES AND STEAM
BOILERS, OF THE VARIOUS SIZES REQUIRED, Parts connected with
Railroads, including Frogs, Switches, Chairs and Hand
Cars.MACHINISTS' TOOLS, of all descriptions, including TURNING
LATHES, of sizes varying from 6 feet to 50 feet in length, and
weighing from 500 pounds to 40 tons each; the latter capable of
turning a wheel or pulley, thirty feet in diameter. PLANING
MACHINES, Varying from 2 feet to 60 feet in length, and weighing
from 200 lbs. to 70 tons each, and will plane up to 55 feet long
and 7 feet square. Boring Mills, Vertical and Horizontal Drills,
Slotting Machines, Punching Presses, Gear and Screw Cutting
Machines, &c. &c. Also, Mill Gearing and Shafting.
JOBBING AND REPAIRS, and any kind of work usually done in Machine
Shops, executed at short notice.
Contributions from
The Museum of History and Technology:
Paper 43
History of the Division of Medical Sciences
Sami Hamarneh