SPEEDY LOCOMOTIVE.
CLAIMS OF INVENTOR. USE OF PETROL OR STEAM. Sun. LONDON. Jan. 28. The Daily News says Mr. William Werry, a London engineer, has invented a high-speed petrol engine, each cylinder of which contains two pistons, which operate in opposite directions. There are no valves and only six moving parts. The engine is convertible, so that it can be us«d with steam. Mr. Worry claims that his investion will enable a locomotive to travel at a speed of 140 miles an hoar.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19549, 31 January 1927, Page 9
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83SPEEDY LOCOMOTIVE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19549, 31 January 1927, Page 9
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