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13 Octr. 1829 Tuesday
Timothy Hackworths Engine
Ton Cwt qr lbs
Engine with water in the Boiler 4 .. 15 .. 2 .. 0
3 Times
14 . 6 .. 2 .. 0 Load assigned
19 .. 2 .. 0 .. 0 Total Mass in Motion
N.B. The wheels of this Engine all stood upon the Plate of the Weighing Machine and it was in consequence weighed at once ??
Tender 1 .. 13 .. 2 .. 24
Water 1 .. 6 .. 3 .. 4
Coke 0 .. 6 .. 1 .. 0
Ton Cwt qr lbs
Tender Water & Tank 3 .. . 6 .. 3 ..0
Waggon No. 1 3 . 14 .. 0 .. 0
Waggon No. 2 3 . 14 .. 0 .. 0
Waggon No. 1 3 . 11 .. 3 .. 0
Load 14 .. 6 .. 2 .. 0
Ton Cwt qr lbs
Carriages & Goods or useful Weight 10 . 19 .. 3 .. 0
At 0H .. 55m .. 0 The Engine having come up with the Plug burnt out and only 8 Inches of Water remaining in the Cask, The Plug was put in again & the fire lighted the Cask filled at 1 H – 30 M – 0 and the Steam was got up again at 2 H – 15 m – 0 but the forcing Pump having gone wrong again, the further prosecution of the Experiment was abandoned.
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13 Octr. 1829 – Coke Weighed at Starting
Sack No.1 _ _ _ 1 .. 1 .. 25
No.2 _ _ _ 1 .. 1 .. 3
No.3 _ _ _ 1 .. 0 .. 15
No.4 _ _ _ 1 .. 0 .. 14
No.5 _ _ _ 1 .. 0 .. 27
Started with this Quantity 6 .. 1 .. 10
No.6 _ _ _ 1 .. 0 .. 18
No.7 _ _ _ 1 .. 1 .. 13
No.8 _ _ _ 1 .. 0 .. 15
No.9 _ _ _ 1 .. 0 .. 5
No.10 _ _ 1 .. 1 .. 14
12 .. 0 .. 9
Remained at the End of the
8th Trip, when the Engine
Came up with the lead Plug
burnt out about 0 .. 3 .. 0
Consumed in going 8 Trips
except about ½ Mile _ _ 11 . 1 .. 9
Equal to – 27½ Miles with
1269 lbs of Coke 1269 x 35/27.5 = 1675 Pounds of Coke would have been required for 35 Mile Journey
Imp. Gals.
Water in Cask at Starting _ _ _ 300
Took in the 7 Trip ¬_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8
Do in the 8 Trip ¬_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8
316
Remained in the Cask at End
of the Time when the Engine
came up to have the Water
replenished, when the Plug
was burnt out _ _ 42
8 Inches deep
Water consumed for
27½ Miles 274
And 274 x 35/27.5 = 348 Imp. Gallons of Water required for 35 Mile Journey
