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HOKSE AND SAILING CARS. 133<br />

CHAPTEK XXIII.<br />

HOESE AND S AILIN G C AE S.<br />

As we stated <strong>in</strong> a previous page, a competitor that<br />

steam liad to contend witli on <strong>the</strong> Baltimore and Ohio<br />

Kailroad was " horse-power." A horse was placed <strong>in</strong><br />

a car and made to walk on an endless apron or belt,<br />

Fig. 10.<br />

HOESK-POWEE LOCOMOTITE.<br />

and to communicate motion to <strong>the</strong> wheels, as <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

horse-power mach<strong>in</strong>es <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> present day. <strong>The</strong> mach<strong>in</strong>e<br />

worked <strong>in</strong>differently Well ; hut, on one occasion, when<br />

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