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ttempts to secure automatic and simultaneous action, throughout the cars of a train, by power derived from a single impulse or operation. Room cannot be spared for their systematic description, but the following patents may be consulted: — Bessemer (English)1841Hodge1860 Hancock (English)1841Dwelley1865 Nasmyth (English)1839Davidson1860 Petit1840Marsh1864 Birch1840Virdin1859 Carr (English)1841Wilcox1856 Walber1852De Bergues1868 Fuller1859Chatelier1868 Sickels1857Lee1868 Cuney1855Ambler1862 Goodale1865Branch1858 Peddle1867McCrone1865 Car-buf′fer. (Railway.) A fender between cars. In the English practice, the ends of the car-frames carry elastic cushions, or buffer-heads with springs. In our practice the spring is usually behind the drawbar. See buffer. Car-bump′er. An elastic arrangement to lessen the jerk incident to the contact of colliding cars as the rate of speed is slackened. See buffer. Car′bu-retor. An apparatus through which
757ParkerApr. 11, 1854. 10,763HarrisonApr. 11, 1854. 10,875CoonMay. 9, 1854. 10,879HodgkinsMay. 9, 1854. 10,975SingerMay. 30, 1854. 10,994Stevens et al.May. 30, 1854. 11,161HuntJune 27, 1854. (Reissue.)278SingerOct. 3, 1854. 11,884AmblerNov. 7, 1854. 12,011WeedNov. 28, 1854. 12,336WilderJan. 30, 1855. 12,389HornFeb. 13, 1855. 12,902DurginMay 22, 1855. 12,969SingerMay 29, 1855. 13,201StedmanJuly. 3, 1855. 13,630CowperthwaiteOct. 9, 1855. 13,687SingerOct. 9, 1855. 13,768Si, 1871. 152,829ColesJuly 7, 1874. 6. Needles. 17,272GarveyMay 12, 1857. 24,892SingerJuly 26, 1859. 27,409HornMar. 6, 1860. 29,448WillcoxJuly 31, 1860. 29,648DrakeAug. 14, 1860. 31,757WillcoxMar. 19, 1861. 34,571GroverMar. 4, 1862. 37,996AmblerMar. 24, 1863. 38,282BrownApr. 28, 1863. 55,927StannardJune 26, 1866. 67,536HarrisAug. 6, 1867. 79,983IsbellJuly 14, 1869. 88,665Parham et al.Apr. 16, 1869. 91,684StackpoleJune 22, 1869. 93,460MacaulayAug. 10, 1869. 94,384BlanchardAug. 31,