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... yard , and were made with square joints . c and d are sections of the same rail , the former through the middle of the three feet lengths , and D , near the joint of bearing in the chair . On the one side , c , of the rail c , the ...
... yard , and were made with square joints . c and d are sections of the same rail , the former through the middle of the three feet lengths , and D , near the joint of bearing in the chair . On the one side , c , of the rail c , the ...
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... yard , and the supports three feet distant . The experience upon this railway shews , that this mode of keying keeps the rails more firmly into the chair than the common mode . The chair in Fig . 9 , Plate V. , shews this mode of keying ...
... yard , and the supports three feet distant . The experience upon this railway shews , that this mode of keying keeps the rails more firmly into the chair than the common mode . The chair in Fig . 9 , Plate V. , shews this mode of keying ...
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... yard , the distance of the supports three feet . Fig . 5 , is a plan of rail laid down upon the Loire railway by Mr. M'Mellet et Henry , by which it will be seen that , the effect of the wedge is to press the rail against the opposite ...
... yard , the distance of the supports three feet . Fig . 5 , is a plan of rail laid down upon the Loire railway by Mr. M'Mellet et Henry , by which it will be seen that , the effect of the wedge is to press the rail against the opposite ...
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... yard . From the great quantity of material , disposed in the base of the rail , this form of section is not so strong as the preceding figures of rails ; but as they rest upon the wooden sills throughout their whole length , they are E ...
... yard . From the great quantity of material , disposed in the base of the rail , this form of section is not so strong as the preceding figures of rails ; but as they rest upon the wooden sills throughout their whole length , they are E ...
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... yard , and are laid with bearings three feet apart . A , is the elevation , в , the plan , and c , the section . The joints are half lapped . The mode of fastening the rail to the chair , is different from any previously described , and ...
... yard , and are laid with bearings three feet apart . A , is the elevation , в , the plan , and c , the section . The joints are half lapped . The mode of fastening the rail to the chair , is different from any previously described , and ...
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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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