A Practical Treatise on Rail-roads, and Interior Communication in General ...Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1888 - 760 páginas |
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... Plate Rail 3 . Ditto . Edge Rail Ditto Different Forms of Rails 4. Malleable Iron Rails . 5 . Ditto . 20 25 · 28 · 41 - 47 - 55 60 62 6. Comparative Qualities , of cast and wrought Iron for Rails · 7. Comparative Properties of Edge and ...
... Plate Rail 3 . Ditto . Edge Rail Ditto Different Forms of Rails 4. Malleable Iron Rails . 5 . Ditto . 20 25 · 28 · 41 - 47 - 55 60 62 6. Comparative Qualities , of cast and wrought Iron for Rails · 7. Comparative Properties of Edge and ...
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... Plate Rails CHAP . VIII . - Friction of 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 ...
... Plate Rails CHAP . VIII . - Friction of 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 ...
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... Plate I. , was very imperfect , and had many disadvantages . Though probably , at first made of greater strength than necessary to support the weight , yet by frequent use , the rails would soon become reduced in depth , by the action ...
... Plate I. , was very imperfect , and had many disadvantages . Though probably , at first made of greater strength than necessary to support the weight , yet by frequent use , the rails would soon become reduced in depth , by the action ...
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... plates fast upon the rails ; as the nails , by the elasticity of the wood , would be constantly working loose , and occasioning a continual expense in keeping them right . Upon the whole , however , the use of such plates would , in ...
... plates fast upon the rails ; as the nails , by the elasticity of the wood , would be constantly working loose , and occasioning a continual expense in keeping them right . Upon the whole , however , the use of such plates would , in ...
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... Plate I. , represent an elevation , and plan , of the wooden railway as origi- nally constructed , or what was called the " single way ; " aa , aa , are wooden rails , about four inches square , laid parallel to each other , upon the ...
... Plate I. , represent an elevation , and plan , of the wooden railway as origi- nally constructed , or what was called the " single way ; " aa , aa , are wooden rails , about four inches square , laid parallel to each other , upon 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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