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... cause of the failure in the first instance was removed , because the weight was more divided upon the iron . " ( Trans . Highland Society , vol . vi . It is somewhat singular , when the failure t of the attempt to introduce cast iron ...
... cause of the failure in the first instance was removed , because the weight was more divided upon the iron . " ( Trans . Highland Society , vol . vi . It is somewhat singular , when the failure t of the attempt to introduce cast iron ...
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... cause the latter to be preferred . Mr. Birkinshaw produced a rail , which combined the same bearing surface as the cast - iron rails , with that form which likewise exhibited the greatest strength , and thus obviated the objections to ...
... cause the latter to be preferred . Mr. Birkinshaw produced a rail , which combined the same bearing surface as the cast - iron rails , with that form which likewise exhibited the greatest strength , and thus obviated the objections to ...
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... cause proceeds , from the peculiar character and condition of the two modes . At the time of the introduction of canals into Great Britain , railroads were in a state of relative insignificance , compared with the character , which they ...
... cause proceeds , from the peculiar character and condition of the two modes . At the time of the introduction of canals into Great Britain , railroads were in a state of relative insignificance , compared with the character , which they ...
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... cause , the competition might not have been so speedily brought into action , had not the prosperity of the country , and the enterprise of its merchants , induced capitalists to seek out every source of speculation , affording the ...
... cause , the competition might not have been so speedily brought into action , had not the prosperity of the country , and the enterprise of its merchants , induced capitalists to seek out every source of speculation , affording the ...
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... causes the rails to form an undulating surface ; and to correct this , recourse has been had to the mode of joining the rails to the chairs , to endeavour , if possible , to preserve the parallelism of the rails when the blocks sink ...
... causes the rails to form an undulating surface ; and to correct this , recourse has been had to the mode of joining the rails to the chairs , to endeavour , if possible , to preserve the parallelism of the rails when the blocks sink ...
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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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