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Page 17
... canals with similar railways ; but it is here , we presume , where the difficulty lies . We cannot , perhaps , find canals and railways whose external features are precisely the same ; we are obliged , therefore C CANALS . 17.
... canals with similar railways ; but it is here , we presume , where the difficulty lies . We cannot , perhaps , find canals and railways whose external features are precisely the same ; we are obliged , therefore C CANALS . 17.
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... similar trenches are cut across , and filled with broken stone , for the sleepers to 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 ...
... similar trenches are cut across , and filled with broken stone , for the sleepers to 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 ...
Page 30
... similar holes cast in the chairs , through which iron pins are driven ; these pins thus fasten the ends of the rails , to the upright ledges of the chair , and prevent their ends from starting upwards out of the cavity , and the sides ...
... similar holes cast in the chairs , through which iron pins are driven ; these pins thus fasten the ends of the rails , to the upright ledges of the chair , and prevent their ends from starting upwards out of the cavity , and the sides ...
Page 33
... в , a plan of their patent rail , shewing the rails , a a a , connected with each other , fixed in chairs , and placed upon stone supports , similar to those for the other rails . The joinings of the rails D CAST - IRON . 33 EDGE RAIL .
... в , a plan of their patent rail , shewing the rails , a a a , connected with each other , fixed in chairs , and placed upon stone supports , similar to those for the other rails . The joinings of the rails D CAST - IRON . 33 EDGE RAIL .
Page 36
... similar to the old rails , at each end of the rail a semicircular hole is cast , equal in diameter to the pinhole in the chair , which , when the ends of the two rails are laid together , forms a circular hole , through which the pin is ...
... similar to the old rails , at each end of the rail a semicircular hole is cast , equal in diameter to the pinhole in the chair , which , when the ends of the two rails are laid together , forms a circular hole , through which the pin is ...
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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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