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... latter name , we may infer , that the " waggon " of Mr. Beaumont was applied upon a railway , and that he was the first to introduce them into the North . The date of the introduction of railways as a sub stitute for common roads at ...
... latter name , we may infer , that the " waggon " of Mr. Beaumont was applied upon a railway , and that he was the first to introduce them into the North . The date of the introduction of railways as a sub stitute for common roads at ...
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... latter is the more probable term of the first introduction of cast - iron rails . In the first place , iron wheels were not used until about 1753 , and at that time only very partially , and it was not until several years after that ...
... latter is the more probable term of the first introduction of cast - iron rails . In the first place , iron wheels were not used until about 1753 , and at that time only very partially , and it was not until several years after that ...
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... latter to be preferred . Mr. Birkinshaw produced a rail , which combined the same bearing surface as the cast - iron rails , with that form which likewise exhibited the greatest strength , and thus obviated the objections to the use of ...
... latter to be preferred . Mr. Birkinshaw produced a rail , which combined the same bearing surface as the cast - iron rails , with that form which likewise exhibited the greatest strength , and thus obviated the objections to the use of ...
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... latter , which have been daily and progressively improving , and that time has arrived . The human mind is gene- rally averse and slow , in adapting itself to the changes of circumstances ; and from this cause , the competition might ...
... latter , which have been daily and progressively improving , and that time has arrived . The human mind is gene- rally averse and slow , in adapting itself to the changes of circumstances ; and from this cause , the competition might ...
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... latter , or wrought iron , has almost entirely superseded its application , as a railway . As previously stated , in some parts of the colliery railways , where the draught was heavy , a plate or bar of malleable iron , was laid along ...
... latter , or wrought iron , has almost entirely superseded its application , as a railway . As previously stated , in some parts of the colliery railways , where the draught was heavy , a plate or bar of malleable iron , was laid along ...
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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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