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... Effect of Engines travelling at different Rates of Speed 564 563 f . Theory of the Power of Engines on In- clined Planes 568 g . Table of the Power of Engines on In- clined Planes 9. Cost of Locomotive Engines on Railroads 577 582 a ...
... Effect of Engines travelling at different Rates of Speed 564 563 f . Theory of the Power of Engines on In- clined Planes 568 g . Table of the Power of Engines on In- clined Planes 9. Cost of Locomotive Engines on Railroads 577 582 a ...
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... effect would take place . Innumerable forms of joinings might be devised , every one of which might , in some degree , effect the purpose intended ; the essential consideration being , to secure a continued and permanent parallelism in ...
... effect would take place . Innumerable forms of joinings might be devised , every one of which might , in some degree , effect the purpose intended ; the essential consideration being , to secure a continued and permanent parallelism in ...
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... effect between the two kinds of rail ; each bearing length of the cast - iron rails was an independent one ; not so with the fifteen feet lengths of wrought - iron rails , having five bearances . The expansion , and contraction of the ...
... effect between the two kinds of rail ; each bearing length of the cast - iron rails was an independent one ; not so with the fifteen feet lengths of wrought - iron rails , having five bearances . The expansion , and contraction of the ...
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... effect of this plan of rail is , that when once keyed firmly into the chair , any expansion or work- ing of the rail at the joints , tending to separate the two ends , only operates in tightening the keys ; as when any force acts ...
... effect of this plan of rail is , that when once keyed firmly into the chair , any expansion or work- ing of the rail at the joints , tending to separate the two ends , only operates in tightening the keys ; as when any force acts ...
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... effect of the wedge is to press the rail against the opposite cheek of the chair , similar to the Clarence rail ; but in this , the upper side of the wedge acts against a square projection on the side of the chair ; these rails weigh ...
... effect of the wedge is to press the rail against the opposite cheek of the chair , similar to the Clarence rail ; but in this , the upper side of the wedge acts against a square projection on the side of the chair ; these rails weigh ...
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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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