Hendrick insists on custom specifications and tests for the proposed boiler. Hendrick seeks a guarantee from Milne that he will be able to get full capacity from the boiler. He wants steam enough to get up a hill without stopping to get up steam. ...
Hendrick inquires about steam carriage boilers. He wants one capable of making more steam than the one he has. Hendrick also requests a catalogue of the boilers the Milne makes.
Hendrick is interested in securing a guarantee for the six horse boiler and the ten horse boiler as to the amount of steam per hour they will make. He also asks if the boiler will make practically dry steam.
Hendrick advances his belief that the burner is the problem in not getting up enough steam. Hendrick has made several minor changes all of which improve the vehicle, and believes Hunt should allow him to return the vehicle especially since it is...
Hendrick complains that the boiler does not make steam sufficient to run the carriage satisfactorily. The vehicle does not go up hills faster than the electric. Hendrick questions whether another feeder on the boiler would help it to produce more...
Hendrick inquires about the catalogue he has requested which has not yet arrived, and about a 4 passenger steam carriage. There is a handwritten postscript which notes that the catalog has finally arrived and inquires about their surrey.
Caption on photo: "Oliver Evans designed and constructed the first successful high pressure steam engine in America. Equipped with strong boilers of riveted iron, his engines were a great improvement over the atmospheric pressure engines, and by...
A pad steam process developed by the DuPont Company's Dyestuffs Division, provides an economical method for continuous application of vat dyes to relatively small quantities of fine fabrics. A working model of the apparatus is here being...
Hendrick inquires how soon the compound steam engine can be delivered once the order has been placed and if the company can also provide a pump for the condenser.
Hendrick asks about the pressure needed for the kerosene burner for the automobile boiler. He also inquires about a steam pump that might be used for a vacuum pump.
Hendrick is thinking about exchanging the wheels on his steam automobile surrey. Hendrick inquires about the time it would take to send artillery wheels and what data the company would need to fit them to [his] machine.
Hendrick is thinking about exchanging the wheels on his steam automobile surrey. Hendrick inquires about the time it would take to send artillery wheels and what data the company would need to fit them to [his] machine.
Hendrick writes that he cannot make any fire with kerosene that amounts to anything with the boiler that Taunton sent. He asks if the company will send a man with experience enough to operate the burner and make it produce 10 horsepower of steam as...
Hendrick ends this business letter with two paragraphs about the result of his experiment with the electric car and of his views on the steam vehicle. Hendrick considers how many miles each machine will go and the cost of the steam vehicle.
Hendrick writes that even with the directions the company sent he was unable to make their boiler produce enough steam. He can make no more adjustments because snow has come. Hendrick is disappointed that he won't be able to use the automobile in...
Hendrick wishes to order another set of tires for his steam carriage, but of a heavier grade. He writes the International Automobile Vehicle Tire Company because they made the original tires for the Boston Automobile Company.
