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... passing yielding Ground or Mosses 18. Construction of Passing Places and Turn Tables CHAP . V. - Construction of Carriages adapted to Railroads . § 1. Coal Waggons , with Wooden Wheels 2. Cast Iron Wheels 3 . 4 . Ditto Ditto 5. Wrought ...
... passing yielding Ground or Mosses 18. Construction of Passing Places and Turn Tables CHAP . V. - Construction of Carriages adapted to Railroads . § 1. Coal Waggons , with Wooden Wheels 2. Cast Iron Wheels 3 . 4 . Ditto Ditto 5. Wrought ...
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... legislative enactments , enabling individuals who advanced the money for the construction and repair of these roads , to be repaid , by levying tolls upon , the traffic passing along them ; all the district roads INTERNAL COMMUNICATION .
... legislative enactments , enabling individuals who advanced the money for the construction and repair of these roads , to be repaid , by levying tolls upon , the traffic passing along them ; all the district roads INTERNAL COMMUNICATION .
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... passing along the same road , where perhaps the materials for uphold- ing and keeping it in repair were expensive , might in- duce them to seek out some remedy ; and it is not unlikely , that the laying down of timber , in the worst ...
... passing along the same road , where perhaps the materials for uphold- ing and keeping it in repair were expensive , might in- duce them to seek out some remedy ; and it is not unlikely , that the laying down of timber , in the worst ...
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... passing through the sides of the chair , and through holes near the ends of the rail . In the chair , these holes are situated in a line , parallel with the base of the chair on which the rails rest ; and in the rails , they are at ...
... passing through the sides of the chair , and through holes near the ends of the rail . In the chair , these holes are situated in a line , parallel with the base of the chair on which the rails rest ; and in the rails , they are at ...
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... passing along the two kinds of rails in carriages ; on the one you travel smoothly along , with scarcely the least tremor of the carriage ; but immediately you come upon the other , especially where it is not in good repair , a ...
... passing along the two kinds of rails in carriages ; on the one you travel smoothly along , with scarcely the least tremor of the carriage ; but immediately you come upon the other , especially where it is not in good repair , a ...
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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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