A Practical Treatise on Rail-roads, and Interior Communication in General ...Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1888 - 760 páginas |
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... canal of Briare , in the reign of Henry IV . , and very extensively used in the canal of Languedoc , in the reign of Louis XIV . The attempt , to form the Sanky Brook into a navi- gable canal , from the river Mersey to St. Helans , in ...
... canal of Briare , in the reign of Henry IV . , and very extensively used in the canal of Languedoc , in the reign of Louis XIV . The attempt , to form the Sanky Brook into a navi- gable canal , from the river Mersey to St. Helans , in ...
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... canals . It may be a ques- tion , in many cases , where the traffic and intercourse is inconsiderable , if railroads ... canal conveyance , may excite surprise in the minds of many ; on more atten- tive consideration , however , it will ...
... canals . It may be a ques- tion , in many cases , where the traffic and intercourse is inconsiderable , if railroads ... canal conveyance , may excite surprise in the minds of many ; on more atten- tive consideration , however , it will ...
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... canal navigation , -none , certainly , satisfactory ; since then , the competition of railways has aroused the dormant spirit of the canal proprietors , and various experiments have been made , to ascertain the amount of resistance of ...
... canal navigation , -none , certainly , satisfactory ; since then , the competition of railways has aroused the dormant spirit of the canal proprietors , and various experiments have been made , to ascertain the amount of resistance of ...
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... canals ; a recent mode of applying boats for the conveyance of passengers . The following experiments were made by Mr. M'Neil , to ascertain the tractive force required to drag the passenger boats , upon the Glasgow and Paisley canal ...
... canals ; a recent mode of applying boats for the conveyance of passengers . The following experiments were made by Mr. M'Neil , to ascertain the tractive force required to drag the passenger boats , upon the Glasgow and Paisley canal ...
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... Canal , at the ordinary passenger speed , or nine miles per hour . Load , 11 pas- sengers , and boat , 2 tons , 15 cwt , equal to 69 cwt . , 3 qrs . , 20 lbs . Tractive power in lbs . observed at regular distances . 1 235 240 200 110 1 ...
... Canal , at the ordinary passenger speed , or nine miles per hour . Load , 11 pas- sengers , and boat , 2 tons , 15 cwt , equal to 69 cwt . , 3 qrs . , 20 lbs . Tractive power in lbs . observed at regular distances . 1 235 240 200 110 1 ...
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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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