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... rest , Railways . The re - action and languor which succeeded that year of excitement , involved Railways in the general gloom of hostility , produced against almost every scheme which had been agitated at that period ; and few , if any ...
... rest , Railways . The re - action and languor which succeeded that year of excitement , involved Railways in the general gloom of hostility , produced against almost every scheme which had been agitated at that period ; and few , if any ...
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Nicholas Wood. to state , that the competition seems almost wholly to rest between railroads , and canals . It may be a ques- tion , in many cases , where the traffic and intercourse is inconsiderable , if railroads can compete with ...
Nicholas Wood. to state , that the competition seems almost wholly to rest between railroads , and canals . It may be a ques- tion , in many cases , where the traffic and intercourse is inconsiderable , if railroads can compete with ...
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... rest upon . This foundation , for the rails and sleepers effects two objects ; it not only acts as a drain , to keep the rails and sleepers dry , but the stones and gravel , being spread and levelled down to a firm and level surface ...
... rest upon . This foundation , for the rails and sleepers effects two objects ; it not only acts as a drain , to keep the rails and sleepers dry , but the stones and gravel , being spread and levelled down to a firm and level surface ...
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... rest in notches cut into these blocks , as previously described , and are kept in their proper position by keys or wedges . In some cases , detached blocks of oak two feet square , are used to support the rails . The bar or plate of ...
... rest in notches cut into these blocks , as previously described , and are kept in their proper position by keys or wedges . In some cases , detached blocks of oak two feet square , are used to support the rails . The bar or plate of ...
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... inch thick ; the upper surface upon which the rail rests , being also flat and horizontal ; from this base , two upright ledges , rr , are cast as far apart as the breadth of the rail , thus forming CAST IRON . EDGE RAIL . 29.
... inch thick ; the upper surface upon which the rail rests , being also flat and horizontal ; from this base , two upright ledges , rr , are cast as far apart as the breadth of the rail , thus forming CAST IRON . EDGE RAIL . 29.
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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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