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Show 1 Devices to Prevent Accident 'Modern-managers have also Introduced a device to start and stop engines in emergencies. - Asked how this system worked in practice, the manager of a large Massachusetts factory said: "One day, when the cylinder-head blew out there was a great rush of steam from a twelve-Inch pipe under pressure, so that the engineer couldn't, reach the throttle. But he pushed the emergency button and shut down the engine at mce.". A "runaway" engine Is likewise impossible impos-sible today. A speed-limit device automatically auto-matically shuts flown the engine when It begin to "race" that is, to exceed a stated number of revolutions a minute representing the margin ot safety. As this frequently happens In the best of factories through the breaking ef a flywheel, fly-wheel, a failing, governor, broken belts snd pfs ton-rods, etc., scores of leading American factories have been quick to adopt the stop-Th World's Work. |