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Page 23
... equal to the width between the rails ; these trenches are filled with broken stones or gravel , on which the wooden rails are laid ; similar trenches are cut across , and filled with broken stone , for the sleepers to rest upon . This ...
... equal to the width between the rails ; these trenches are filled with broken stones or gravel , on which the wooden rails are laid ; similar trenches are cut across , and filled with broken stone , for the sleepers to rest upon . This ...
Page 58
... equal forces . Cast iron , however , as is the case with other bodies of " similar formation , is both harder and tougher , in the " exterior part of a bar , than it is in the interior . This , 66 doubtless , arises from the more rapid ...
... equal forces . Cast iron , however , as is the case with other bodies of " similar formation , is both harder and tougher , in the " exterior part of a bar , than it is in the interior . This , 66 doubtless , arises from the more rapid ...
Page 60
... equal in breadth , to the surface of the edge - rails , and if the wheels on the plate - rail always rolled along it , without rubbing against the upright ledge , more than the flanch of the wheel rubs against the side of edge - rail ...
... equal in breadth , to the surface of the edge - rails , and if the wheels on the plate - rail always rolled along it , without rubbing against the upright ledge , more than the flanch of the wheel rubs against the side of edge - rail ...
Page 74
... equal to 15,300 lbs . , or 6.83 tons . ( Tredgold on Cast Iron , p . 77. ) By experiments , very carefully conducted , Professor Barlow found the tensile force , per square inch , of diffe- rent kinds of wrought iron , as follows ...
... equal to 15,300 lbs . , or 6.83 tons . ( Tredgold on Cast Iron , p . 77. ) By experiments , very carefully conducted , Professor Barlow found the tensile force , per square inch , of diffe- rent kinds of wrought iron , as follows ...
Page 82
... equal to each other , in point of rigidity ; but we must carry the subject further , and consider it in a practical point of view . In the first place , the form , which we have been considering theoretically , is not that which is used ...
... equal to each other , in point of rigidity ; but we must carry the subject further , and consider it in a practical point of view . In the first place , the form , which we have been considering theoretically , is not that which is used ...
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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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