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Title: The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851
United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum
of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964

Author: John H. White

Release Date: February 23, 2009 [EBook #28160]

Language: English

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[Transcriber's Notes:

This is Paper 42 from the Smithsonian Institution United States
National Museum Bulletin 240, comprising Papers 34-44, which will
also be available as a complete e-book.

The front material, introduction and relevant index entries from
the Bulletin are included in each single-paper e-book.

The Sections entitled "Alba F. Smith" and "Seth Wilmarth" appear
in the original as boxed "side bars". They have been moved, along
with Figure 13, from their original locations to the end of the
paper to preserve the flow of the text.

Typographical errors have been corrected as follows:
p259: "as late as 1880 and has been under steam" (was stream).
p267: "made with parabolic reflectors" (was parobolic).]

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM

BULLETIN 240

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SMITHSONIAN PRESS

MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY

CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM THE
MUSEUM
OF HISTORY AND
TECHNOLOGY

_Papers 34-44_
_On Science and Technology_

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION . WASHINGTON, D.C. 1966

_Publications of the United States National Museum_

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Museum include two series, _Proceedings of the United States National
Museum_ and _United States National Museum Bulletin_.

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dealing with the collections and work of its constituent
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