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... Rope after them · 251 2. Where Goods are to be conveyed on a de- scending Plane , the Inclination of which is not sufficient to enable the descending Carriages to drag the Rope after them 3. Double Plane , with an Engine on the Summit ...
... Rope after them · 251 2. Where Goods are to be conveyed on a de- scending Plane , the Inclination of which is not sufficient to enable the descending Carriages to drag the Rope after them 3. Double Plane , with an Engine on the Summit ...
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... Ropes used by fixed Engines on Railroads . § 1. Different Experiments on the Friction of Ropes 2. Result of Experiments on 3. Theoretical Conclusions on Ditto Ditto · 415 425 - 427 CHAP . IX . - Theory and Application of the various ...
... Ropes used by fixed Engines on Railroads . § 1. Different Experiments on the Friction of Ropes 2. Result of Experiments on 3. Theoretical Conclusions on Ditto Ditto · 415 425 - 427 CHAP . IX . - Theory and Application of the various ...
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... Ropes R. Mr. Walker's Experiments on the Resistance of Boats at different Rates of Speed S. Section of the Durham and Sunderland Railway A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RAILROADS . CHAPTER I. INTERNAL COMMUNICATION CONTENTS . xxvii.
... Ropes R. Mr. Walker's Experiments on the Resistance of Boats at different Rates of Speed S. Section of the Durham and Sunderland Railway A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RAILROADS . CHAPTER I. INTERNAL COMMUNICATION CONTENTS . xxvii.
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... ropes , as booms , across the line of road , to stop their progress . If the ropes could be drawn across before the momentum became very great , the damage was less ; but if they broke the ropes , then the most disastrous effects ...
... ropes , as booms , across the line of road , to stop their progress . If the ropes could be drawn across before the momentum became very great , the damage was less ; but if they broke the ropes , then the most disastrous effects ...
Page 230
... rope , extending from the engine to the waggons . And , lastly , the power of locomotion was given to the steam engine ; and it was , in that manner , applied to drag the waggons , along the more level parts of rail- roads , without the ...
... rope , extending from the engine to the waggons . And , lastly , the power of locomotion was given to the steam engine ; and it was , in that manner , applied to drag the waggons , along the more level parts of rail- roads , without the ...
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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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