"Auxiliary engine" Quotes from Famous Books
... able to take cognizance of the musty-smelling place, which, on the whole, was in a better state of repair than the arcade. The first cellar yielded nothing of value to him, but, making his way through a low vaulted door, he chanced into what must have been one of the smaller, auxiliary engine-rooms. ... — Darkness and Dawn • George Allan England
... pulley, there is a small auxiliary engine, M, which is then geared with the axle of the said pulley, and which raises the sounding apparatus that has been freed from its weight by a method that ... — Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 • Various |