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... fastened upon transverse sleepers stretched across the road . The * Life of Lord Keeper North . following description is given of them in Jaa's Voyages Métallurgiques B 4 RAILWAYS . 7 Experiments on the Strength of cast Iron Rails.
... fastened upon transverse sleepers stretched across the road . The * Life of Lord Keeper North . following description is given of them in Jaa's Voyages Métallurgiques B 4 RAILWAYS . 7 Experiments on the Strength of cast Iron Rails.
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... fasten the rails down , would soon be rendered useless . Though much superior to the common roads , in point of economy , and of transit ; yet the frequent renewal of the rails and sleepers , would be attended with consider- able ...
... fasten the rails down , would soon be rendered useless . Though much superior to the common roads , in point of economy , and of transit ; yet the frequent renewal of the rails and sleepers , would be attended with consider- able ...
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... fastened down with common nails , to diminish the resistance opposed to the wheels , and equalise the draught of the horse . This , no doubt , would be found a great improvement , not only in diminishing the friction , but also in ...
... fastened down with common nails , to diminish the resistance opposed to the wheels , and equalise the draught of the horse . This , no doubt , would be found a great improvement , not only in diminishing the friction , but also in ...
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... fasten the ends of the rail down , they likewise prevent them separating from each other . The surface of the road being levelled , to as nearly an uniform level , or slope as practicable , the rails were laid down , and the road ...
... fasten the ends of the rail down , they likewise prevent them separating from each other . The surface of the road being levelled , to as nearly an uniform level , or slope as practicable , the rails were laid down , and the road ...
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... fastened down upon the cross sleepers , bb bb , as in the " single way ; " a ' a ' , rails laid upon those , and firmly secured to them by wooden pins , in the same manner as the rails of the single way are fastened to the sleepers . In ...
... fastened down upon the cross sleepers , bb bb , as in the " single way ; " a ' a ' , rails laid upon those , and firmly secured to them by wooden pins , in the same manner as the rails of the single way are fastened to the sleepers . In ...
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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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