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Page 9
... taken advantage of for the transport of heavy loads . Indeed it is impossible to suppose that a people who have left us so many colossal works as the ancients have done , in Egypt and Persia , would be ignorant or not avail themselves ...
... taken advantage of for the transport of heavy loads . Indeed it is impossible to suppose that a people who have left us so many colossal works as the ancients have done , in Egypt and Persia , would be ignorant or not avail themselves ...
Page 10
... taken in preparing a firm foundation : sometimes arches were built , on which it was formed ; sometimes piles were driven , as the basis of the road ; and often , substrata of small stones , several feet in thickness , were laid . In ...
... taken in preparing a firm foundation : sometimes arches were built , on which it was formed ; sometimes piles were driven , as the basis of the road ; and often , substrata of small stones , several feet in thickness , were laid . In ...
Page 15
... taken place about 1754 , the plan was reversed , and the flanch was cast on the wheel . It is not accurately ascertained when railways on this principle were first introduced into Britain . They were originally termed tram or dram roads ...
... taken place about 1754 , the plan was reversed , and the flanch was cast on the wheel . It is not accurately ascertained when railways on this principle were first introduced into Britain . They were originally termed tram or dram roads ...
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... gradients can be ascended , that shorter curves can be taken with safety , and that the general liability of carriages to run off the line is di- minished , to which he adds , the cheapness of 30 MODERN TIMBER RAIL .
... gradients can be ascended , that shorter curves can be taken with safety , and that the general liability of carriages to run off the line is di- minished , to which he adds , the cheapness of 30 MODERN TIMBER RAIL .
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... taken out , public opinion seems to have been in favour of the " fish- bellied edge rails , " as introduced by Mr. Jessop ; and accordingly this form of rail was most generally used . We have seen that Mr. George Stephen- son , in ...
... taken out , public opinion seems to have been in favour of the " fish- bellied edge rails , " as introduced by Mr. Jessop ; and accordingly this form of rail was most generally used . We have seen that Mr. George Stephen- son , in ...
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