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... applied to the conveyance of passengers , as well as goods , but still they made little progress . The great work of the Liverpool and Manchester railway , advancing towards completion , seemed , by a common unanimity of opinion , to be ...
... applied to the conveyance of passengers , as well as goods , but still they made little progress . The great work of the Liverpool and Manchester railway , advancing towards completion , seemed , by a common unanimity of opinion , to be ...
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... applied upon a railway , and that he was the first to introduce them into the North . The date of the introduction of railways as a sub stitute for common roads at Newcastle would then be between the years 1602 and 1649 ; probably a con ...
... applied upon a railway , and that he was the first to introduce them into the North . The date of the introduction of railways as a sub stitute for common roads at Newcastle would then be between the years 1602 and 1649 ; probably a con ...
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... applied to the construction of bridges ; and according to the information which I have been able to obtain , it was here also that railways of that material were first con- structed . It appears , from the books of this extensive and ...
... applied to the construction of bridges ; and according to the information which I have been able to obtain , it was here also that railways of that material were first con- structed . It appears , from the books of this extensive and ...
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... some trivial improvements may have been effected , in the manner of passing boats from one level to another , and light boats have been applied for the conveyance of passengers ; but in their general 8 16 INTERNAL COMMUNICATION .
... some trivial improvements may have been effected , in the manner of passing boats from one level to another , and light boats have been applied for the conveyance of passengers ; but in their general 8 16 INTERNAL COMMUNICATION .
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... ; and the rails being applied to each other by what is called a half - lap , the pin or bolt , which fixes them to each other , and to the way , chair in which they are inserted , is made to 6 34 DESCRIPTION OF RAILS .
... ; and the rails being applied to each other by what is called a half - lap , the pin or bolt , which fixes them to each other , and to the way , chair in which they are inserted , is made to 6 34 DESCRIPTION OF RAILS .
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ascertain axle bearing blocks boiler breadth case-hardened cast cast-iron rails chair coals connecting rod conveyance conveyed cross drains curve cylinder Darlington depth descending diameter drag driving wheels edge rail edge-rail effect elliptic embankment empty carriages equal experiments fastened fixed flanch frame friction Grand Junction railway half hole horses inclination inclined plane increased Killingworth laid length line of railway line of road Liverpool and Manchester loaded carriages locomotive engines Manchester railway miles an hour miles per hour motion moving Newcastle Observed deflection parallel rail passengers Permanent deflection piston plane Plate point rails pounds per yard pressure quantity railroad railway bars rate of speed resistance rest riages roll rope sheeves shew shewn in Fig side sleepers springs square inch steam stone surface Swiftsure TABLE tion tons travelling tube velocity waggons wedge wheels width wooden wrought wrought-iron rails
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