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Page 113
... axle , and taken from one of the car- riages in use , were then placed upon one of the lengths , and loaded on the lower side of the rim with weights , that could be varied at pleasure . The wheels , thus loaded on one point at the ...
... axle , and taken from one of the car- riages in use , were then placed upon one of the lengths , and loaded on the lower side of the rim with weights , that could be varied at pleasure . The wheels , thus loaded on one point at the ...
Page 129
... axles are , as nearly as possible , in the same plane ; now , when the bearing surfaces of the rails do not lie in a plane , exactly parallel to the plane of the axles , ( and this , in practice , is seldom the case , ) the weight of ...
... axles are , as nearly as possible , in the same plane ; now , when the bearing surfaces of the rails do not lie in a plane , exactly parallel to the plane of the axles , ( and this , in practice , is seldom the case , ) the weight of ...
Page 163
... axle , forms , as it were , a conical roller , running upon the rails with different radii ; the larger radii being on the outside curve of the rail . This increase in the diameter of the wheel , running on the outside , compen- sates ...
... axle , forms , as it were , a conical roller , running upon the rails with different radii ; the larger radii being on the outside curve of the rail . This increase in the diameter of the wheel , running on the outside , compen- sates ...
Page 166
... axle of the wheel , on the outside of the curve , in inches , d - ď — the dif- ference of diameter of the two wheels , where running upon the rails in traversing the curve ; then s v2w qr dd the height , in inches , which the outside ...
... axle of the wheel , on the outside of the curve , in inches , d - ď — the dif- ference of diameter of the two wheels , where running upon the rails in traversing the curve ; then s v2w qr dd the height , in inches , which the outside ...
Page 189
... axles , and the bearings , in which the axles run . We shall , therefore , at first , describe the different forms of wheels , and axles , or other parts , which , the nature of the road requires , should be always of the same form and ...
... axles , and the bearings , in which the axles run . We shall , therefore , at first , describe the different forms of wheels , and axles , or other parts , which , the nature of the road requires , should be always of the same form and ...
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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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