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Page xii
... construction , capabilities , and economy , not only of the Railway itself , but of the motive power to be used upon it ; had , as previously stated , been sufficient to induce the author , at a former period , to present to the public ...
... construction , capabilities , and economy , not only of the Railway itself , but of the motive power to be used upon it ; had , as previously stated , been sufficient to induce the author , at a former period , to present to the public ...
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... construction of the Railways but in the motive power , and all the machinery used upon them ; constitute , therefore , part of the additional matter pre- sented to the public in this edition . Numerous additional experiments , made to ...
... construction of the Railways but in the motive power , and all the machinery used upon them ; constitute , therefore , part of the additional matter pre- sented to the public in this edition . Numerous additional experiments , made to ...
Page xx
... Construction of Passing Places and Turn Tables CHAP . V. - Construction of Carriages adapted to Railroads . § 1. Coal Waggons , with Wooden Wheels 2. Cast Iron Wheels 3 . 4 . Ditto Ditto 5. Wrought Iron Wheels - 6. Form of Axles , and ...
... Construction of Passing Places and Turn Tables CHAP . V. - Construction of Carriages adapted to Railroads . § 1. Coal Waggons , with Wooden Wheels 2. Cast Iron Wheels 3 . 4 . Ditto Ditto 5. Wrought Iron Wheels - 6. Form of Axles , and ...
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... Construction of the Great Western Railway , and the Locomotive Power to be used thereon - 708 709 713 · 719 § 1. Principles of the old System of forming Railways 2. Description of Mr. Brunel's Plan of Railway 3. Mr. Harrison's Engine ...
... Construction of the Great Western Railway , and the Locomotive Power to be used thereon - 708 709 713 · 719 § 1. Principles of the old System of forming Railways 2. Description of Mr. Brunel's Plan of Railway 3. Mr. Harrison's Engine ...
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... enactments , enabling individuals who advanced the money for the construction and repair of these roads , to be repaid , by levying tolls upon , the traffic passing along them ; all the district roads INTERNAL COMMUNICATION .
... enactments , enabling individuals who advanced the money for the construction and repair of these roads , to be repaid , by levying tolls upon , the traffic passing along them ; all the district roads INTERNAL COMMUNICATION .
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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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