should be periodically drawn by the motor, and that the
calculations which follow include the total number of miles run, the
total amount of fuel, etc., consumed, and the total number of passengers
which could be conveyed by each motor, during the total time that the
experiments were being carried on.
TABLE II.
Total
Description of motor. number of Total No. of lb.
train miles Consumption per
run. of fuel. train mile.
lb.
Electric. 2,358.9 14 786 6.16
Rowan. 2,616.9 14,498 5.42
Wilkinson. 2,473.3 22,000 8.82
Krauss. 2,457.8 22,726 9.10
Compressed air. 2,259.1 90,420 39.48
TABLE III.
No. of places No. of lb. of
Description of motor. indicated on fuel consumed
the cars, per Consumption per places
mile run. of fuel. indicated
per mile run.
lb.
Electric 80,203.5 14,786 0.18
Rowan 148,399.6 14,498 0.09
Wilkinson 119,085.1 22,000 0.18
Krauss 108,983.9 22,726 0.20
Compressed air 128,189.3 90,420 0.69
TABLE IV.
Description of motor. No. of seats per No, of lb. of
mile run. Consumption fuel consumed
of fuel. per seat
per mile run.
lb.
Electric 61,591.2 14,786 0.23
Rowan 135,928.8 14,498 0.10
Wilkinson 93,965.6 22,000 0.23
Krauss 86,039.9 22,726 0.25
Compressed air 132,732.7 90,420 0.66
As regards the figures in these tables, it is to be observed that the
consumption of fuel for the electric car is, to a certai
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