A Practical Treatise on Rail-roads, and Interior Communication in General ...Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1888 - 760 páginas |
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... action of the wheels , and would break long before they were worn through . It would thus be necessary , that the rails should be often renewed ; and as the road required to be always of the same width , the bearing section of the ...
... action of the wheels , and would break long before they were worn through . It would thus be necessary , that the rails should be often renewed ; and as the road required to be always of the same width , the bearing section of the ...
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... action of the wheels of the carriages , could then be almost completely worn away , without affecting , to a great degree , the strength of that which supported the weight . ( Figs . 3 and 4 , Plate I. ) This description of railroad ...
... action of the wheels of the carriages , could then be almost completely worn away , without affecting , to a great degree , the strength of that which supported the weight . ( Figs . 3 and 4 , Plate I. ) This description of railroad ...
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... genius of Brindley , assisted by other eminent engineers , were carried into every quarter of the island . Railways were thus confined to a very limited and subordinate sphere of action ; - 10 INTERNAL COMMUNICATION .
... genius of Brindley , assisted by other eminent engineers , were carried into every quarter of the island . Railways were thus confined to a very limited and subordinate sphere of action ; - 10 INTERNAL COMMUNICATION .
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Nicholas Wood. a very limited and subordinate sphere of action ; - to short distances , or over uneven or highly inclined ground , where the number of locks required , precluded the use of canals . The attention of all scientific men ...
Nicholas Wood. a very limited and subordinate sphere of action ; - to short distances , or over uneven or highly inclined ground , where the number of locks required , precluded the use of canals . The attention of all scientific men ...
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... action , had not the prosperity of the country , and the enterprise of its merchants , induced capitalists to seek out every source of speculation , affording the least prospect of success . The natural course of events would , however ...
... action , had not the prosperity of the country , and the enterprise of its merchants , induced capitalists to seek out every source of speculation , affording the least prospect of success . The natural course of events would , however ...
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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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