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... consequently be conveyed to the mines . § 2. - Military Roads . The invention of forming hard and smooth roads , by covering either the natural or artificially prepared ground , with stones broken into fragments of a certain size , and ...
... consequently be conveyed to the mines . § 2. - Military Roads . The invention of forming hard and smooth roads , by covering either the natural or artificially prepared ground , with stones broken into fragments of a certain size , and ...
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... at a much higher level , than the depôt or places to which the coals were to be conveyed ; consequently the railroads would mostly descend , in the direction of the load . Except levelling down abrupt undulations , little RAILWAYS . 9.
... at a much higher level , than the depôt or places to which the coals were to be conveyed ; consequently the railroads would mostly descend , in the direction of the load . Except levelling down abrupt undulations , little RAILWAYS . 9.
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... consequently raising the path of the horses , four or five inches above the level of the sleepers , thus effectually secured the sleepers , from the action of the feet of the horses . The use of wooden railways , has not been much ...
... consequently raising the path of the horses , four or five inches above the level of the sleepers , thus effectually secured the sleepers , from the action of the feet of the horses . The use of wooden railways , has not been much ...
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... consequently diminished the resistance to a certain extent ; yet the bar not being of sufficient thickness , a considerable bending took place , when the carriages were loaded , and the resistance was consequently very little reduced ...
... consequently diminished the resistance to a certain extent ; yet the bar not being of sufficient thickness , a considerable bending took place , when the carriages were loaded , and the resistance was consequently very little reduced ...
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... consequently will be comparatively trifling . To accomplish the formation , and secure the permanence of such a perfect road , the surface of the ground , whereon the blocks or sleepers rest , should be first of all formed perfectly ...
... consequently will be comparatively trifling . To accomplish the formation , and secure the permanence of such a perfect road , the surface of the ground , whereon the blocks or sleepers rest , should be first of all formed perfectly ...
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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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