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sleeve on the shaft of the driving wheel [[parenthesis]] move it to the right or left[[parenthesis]], when it was necessary to reverse. Two carriages were secured firmly to the body of this shaft [[parenthesis ]] one on each side of the eccentric[[parenthesis]]; one carrier worked the engine ahead, the other, back. The small handle on the right side of the boiler was used to lift the eccentric rod [[parenthesis]] which passed forward to the rock shaft on the forward part of the engine[[parenthesis]], off the pin, and these put the valves out of gear before it was possible to shift the sleeve and reverse the engine.[[quote marks]][[ This is where parallel line ends]]
The depletion of the section [[crossed off]]of[[crossed off]]^by the removal of objects for exhibition at Chicago, and the transfer of the Weems electric motor,[[parenthesis]]that made the fastest speed on record by generated power on land[[parenthesis]], to the east front of the Museum, necessitated a rearrangement of the north side of the section. The series illustrating the development of the American rail and track, was transferred to the space made vacant by the removal of the [[quote marks]]John Bull[[quote marks]] locomotive. In my absence, under the direction of Miss Atkinson, cases containing rail sections , and the collection of early telegraph and telephone apparatus , have been newly lined and the specimens rearranged. In fact, nearly all the cases have been cleaned, the specimens rearranged, and labels supplied where necessary. All articles on exhibition, not in cases, have been furnished with new labels, framed and glazed, to protect them from the dust. New mats have been made for a number of photographs and engravings in the wing frames; they have also been relabeled with printed, instead of type-written labels. The snow-shoes and sledges, formerly resting