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... average rate of 15 miles is kept up with the greatest ease ; and , on an extraordinary occasion , nearly double that rate , or 30 miles in one hour . Being therefore applicable , at greater rates of speed , than by any mode , not only ...
... average rate of 15 miles is kept up with the greatest ease ; and , on an extraordinary occasion , nearly double that rate , or 30 miles in one hour . Being therefore applicable , at greater rates of speed , than by any mode , not only ...
Page 68
... average loss of weight of several rails , to have been eight pounds , for each fifteen - feet rail , in twelve years , which gives about one eighth of a pound , per yard , per annum . These rails were laid down , at a time , when the ...
... average loss of weight of several rails , to have been eight pounds , for each fifteen - feet rail , in twelve years , which gives about one eighth of a pound , per yard , per annum . These rails were laid down , at a time , when the ...
Page 127
... Average which produces fracture . weight Average of strength of each each kind kind of rail . of rail . Relative strength of mixed and unmixed metal , spec . grav . considered . 1834 2 No. 1. metal A. Ditto 56 56 Ditto 55 Ditto 54 7 ...
... Average which produces fracture . weight Average of strength of each each kind kind of rail . of rail . Relative strength of mixed and unmixed metal , spec . grav . considered . 1834 2 No. 1. metal A. Ditto 56 56 Ditto 55 Ditto 54 7 ...
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... average wear of the cast - iron wheels was above half an inch in nine months ; and , with the wrought- iron tire , the wear of one pair of wheels has been a quarter of an inch in three years , and with three other engines one eighth of ...
... average wear of the cast - iron wheels was above half an inch in nine months ; and , with the wrought- iron tire , the wear of one pair of wheels has been a quarter of an inch in three years , and with three other engines one eighth of ...
Page 268
... average speed of transit equal to half the rate , at which the carriages travel , between the stages ; or , to effect a general average rate of tra- velling of four miles an hour , it will be necessary that the carriages , while in ...
... average speed of transit equal to half the rate , at which the carriages travel , between the stages ; or , to effect a general average rate of tra- velling of four miles an hour , it will be necessary that the carriages , while in ...
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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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