Removal of Lead from the Human System by Electricity

1877 Scientific American  
The principal dimensions of these engines are as follows, viz :-Gauge of railway, 3 ft. 3! in., or what is generally known under the designation of metre gauge ; diameter of cylinders, 11 tin. by 17 in. stroke; wheel base of engines, 11 ft. 3 in.; ditto of tender, 7 ft. 6 in.; extreme wheel base, 25 ft. 4 in.; diameter of boiler, inside, 3 ft. li in.; length of boiler, 7 ft. 10 in.; length of fire-box, inside, at top, 3 ft. 2! in.' breadth of ditto, at top, 2 ft. 5i in.; number of tubes, that
more » ... addition should be buHt. The execution of the de sign Wa!! intrusted to Mr. J. B. Snooks, thc architect of the Company, and under his supervision a large brick building, 182 feet long by 172 feet wide, and two stories high, was erected on the south-east corner of the block occupied by the depot, which now covers the whole space inclosed by Fourth and Lexington avenues and Thirty-second and Thirty-third streets. On the basement or ground floor of this building 273 stalls were put up and are now occupied by the horses. On the floor above there is room for a like number of stalls, but as they are not needed at present the space is left vacant. The top floor of the building is reserved for the storage of grain and hay. A blacksmith's shop has also been fitted up in the about one hundred hostlers and stable men constantly em ployed about the 'depot. The entire cost of the improvement and repair� was a little over $150,000.-N. y. TirlUJ8. REMOVAL OF LEAD FROM THE HUMAN SYSTEM BY ELECTRIClTY.
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