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... force of habit , that it appears , long after the invasion of the island by that people , the ancient inhabitants re- tained their native habits and customs . By degrees , however , when civilisation reached a higher degree of ...
... force of habit , that it appears , long after the invasion of the island by that people , the ancient inhabitants re- tained their native habits and customs . By degrees , however , when civilisation reached a higher degree of ...
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... force acts longitudinally upon the rail to separate the two ends , it must cause , or have a tendency to raise the rail vertically , to allow the convex knob to rise out of the concave base of the chair ; but the action of the wedge is ...
... force acts longitudinally upon the rail to separate the two ends , it must cause , or have a tendency to raise the rail vertically , to allow the convex knob to rise out of the concave base of the chair ; but the action of the wedge is ...
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... force it down into the chair ; and there being a wedge on both sides of the rail , it is kept more steadily within the chair . The weight of this rail is forty - two pounds per yard , the distance of the supports three feet . Fig . 5 ...
... force it down into the chair ; and there being a wedge on both sides of the rail , it is kept more steadily within the chair . The weight of this rail is forty - two pounds per yard , the distance of the supports three feet . Fig . 5 ...
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... forces it against the rail . This pin is sharp - pointed ; and when the key is firmly driven , the pin can be wedged into the rail with such force as to indent itself into the rail . In practice , we are told , this mode of joining ...
... forces it against the rail . This pin is sharp - pointed ; and when the key is firmly driven , the pin can be wedged into the rail with such force as to indent itself into the rail . In practice , we are told , this mode of joining ...
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... force , or a sudden jerk . To have the same advantages in this respect , the cast - iron rails " would require to be of enormous weight , increasing , " of course , the original cost . 66 " From their construction , the malleable iron ...
... force , or a sudden jerk . To have the same advantages in this respect , the cast - iron rails " would require to be of enormous weight , increasing , " of course , the original cost . 66 " From their construction , the malleable iron ...
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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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