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West Coast Times, Issue 202, 12 May 1866, Page 7

Auction Advertisements. TO H iINING COMPANIES, SPECU1 LATORS ANP OTHERS. TWK LYE HORSE POWER PORTABLE STEAM ENGINE, TO ARRIVE. •piC JHARD BEEVES and Co. have roceiv od instructions from tho consignoes to sel) .on an early day (duo notice of whiol i will bo given), 12-Horso Powor Ports .ble Steam Engino, of the celebrated manufactureu facture of Marshall, Son & C 0. ,; Brita nnia Iron Works, Gainsborough. Tb c boiler is multi-tubular ; tho sholl is of • best Staffordshire plate, and tho firebox 1 ill of Low Moor iron; tho tubes are wroi) ight iron, well disposed for strength, and ' with ample space for the circulation of vj ater, and tho settling of sodimont ; the i ish pan fits closely to tho bottom of fire*' box, and has a flap-door attached to regu date the draught. Tho appendages com prise second lock-up safety valve, stea me pressure guago and signal whistle, stea m indicator, glass-water guage, guago coo) c, blow-off cock, &c. Tho boiler is 0101 hed with hair felt, lagged with wood, and 1 cased with sheet iron, and its capacity is I arger than usual for tho nominal power of i /he engine. 5 Che working parts of tho engine are arras iged with much simplicity on tho top of 1 the boiler, where they can bo well seen aw ' 1 easily got at by an Attendant. By an im; proved self-contained arrangement of oy! ' lindor and steam chest, access can be hfl dto the slide, throttle, and stop-valvoe, by • simply taking off tho steam-ohost lid [. . The cylinder is also covered with hair fel It; wood and sheet iron, in the same way as the boiler, and fitted with connected W ow-off cocks and grease cups. Tho pi ston is metallic, and of improved const ruction, and has a steel piston rod ; the sli ide bars and valve rods aro also of steel, T) be crank shaft is made of tho best scrap ir* on of tho locomotive form, and of 8t ifficient length to carry a fly-wheel at 01 io end, and a pulley at the other, so that tl te machinery can be driven from oithor si de of the engine, or both sides at tho 88 mo time. Tho fly-wheel is turned on ifj s periphery, and being accurately count€ rweighted, longitudinal vibration of tho ci lgino is prevented, which, when it occurs, m Dt only increases wear and tear, but is a ft eqnent cause of the driving strap runnj !ng off. Provision is made for reversing tl le motion of the engine by a simple adju istment of the slide valve eccentric, and tl „,ie speed is regulated by a direct-acting gt jvernor. A force pump, driven vertically fi "om the crank shaft, is attached to tho b oiler for supplying it with water ; but a G rifford's injector can be applied instead ii 'required. All pins, eyes, and nuts, aro 0) ase hardened; and self-acting lubricat< >rs, wrought out of the solid material, X re fitted to the journals and slides. , . This engine is fitted with a complete ■-- Si at of case-hardenedjhammers, firing tools, fi onnel, tube, brush, oil feeder, spare guage g ;lass, spare fusible plug, and a waterproof C over, and furnished with check chains, 1 ook chains, shoo and chain. This engbe has been tested under steam f it a high pressure before it loft the works. '. Che power is calculated at 351bs prossuro - < >f steam in the boilor, but it may be safely A .vorked at 60lbs prossuro (the boilerplates 1 jeing of extra strength, and thoroughly 1 well stayed) at which it would give off 1 double its nominal power. This guage is made to tomplato and I guago thoughout. For further particulars apply to the 1 auctioneers. RICHARD REEVES & CO., 2459 ; Wharf-stroot.