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Nicholas Wood. lication of that edition , imply that very important changes must have taken place in their powers and capabilities . Considering , therefore , the necessity of a work , exhibiting the latest improvements , and bringing up ...
Nicholas Wood. lication of that edition , imply that very important changes must have taken place in their powers and capabilities . Considering , therefore , the necessity of a work , exhibiting the latest improvements , and bringing up ...
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... taken place since the period of the publication of the last edition . In the Introduction to that edition , we stated that the result of the completion of the Liverpool and Man- chester Railway was looked forward to , with great anxiety ...
... taken place since the period of the publication of the last edition . In the Introduction to that edition , we stated that the result of the completion of the Liverpool and Man- chester Railway was looked forward to , with great anxiety ...
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... taken to make the road with an uniform descent ; as , to this day , those which are in existence , show them to undulate very considerably . For many years after the introduction of the wooden railway , a waggon containing nineteen ...
... taken to make the road with an uniform descent ; as , to this day , those which are in existence , show them to undulate very considerably . For many years after the introduction of the wooden railway , a waggon containing nineteen ...
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... taken place to any important extent . 66 66 I am inclined to think , that this effect is prevented , " on the bearing surfaces of much - used railways , by the To account for their extra- pressure upon them . ordinary freedom from rust ...
... taken place to any important extent . 66 66 I am inclined to think , that this effect is prevented , " on the bearing surfaces of much - used railways , by the To account for their extra- pressure upon them . ordinary freedom from rust ...
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... taken up , and re - weighed ; and find the average loss of weight of several rails , to have been eight pounds , for each fifteen - feet rail , in twelve years , which gives about one eighth of a pound , per yard , per annum . These ...
... taken up , and re - weighed ; and find the average loss of weight of several rails , to have been eight pounds , for each fifteen - feet rail , in twelve years , which gives about one eighth of a pound , per yard , per annum . These ...
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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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