A Practical Treatise on Rail-roads, and Interior Communication in General ...Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1888 - 760 páginas |
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... drag a Rope after them · 251 2. Where Goods are to be conveyed on a de- scending Plane , the Inclination of which is not sufficient to enable the descending Carriages to drag the Rope after them 3. Double Plane , with an Engine on the ...
... drag a Rope after them · 251 2. Where Goods are to be conveyed on a de- scending Plane , the Inclination of which is not sufficient to enable the descending Carriages to drag the Rope after them 3. Double Plane , with an Engine on the ...
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... drag upon a sledge , or carry on his back , would proportionably ex- tend the facility of internal traffic . On the first introduction of military roads , they were formed , by paving the track whereon the horses travelled with large ...
... drag upon a sledge , or carry on his back , would proportionably ex- tend the facility of internal traffic . On the first introduction of military roads , they were formed , by paving the track whereon the horses travelled with large ...
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... drag the carriages upon them , and more particularly , since the discovery of producing such immense volumes of steam , so rapidly , with boilers so very small and portable , they have attained a feature of value , which entitles them ...
... drag the carriages upon them , and more particularly , since the discovery of producing such immense volumes of steam , so rapidly , with boilers so very small and portable , they have attained a feature of value , which entitles them ...
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... drag very considerably more , than upon the common road , the common carriages of the latter running upon it . Ex- periments were made by Mr. Walker , which shewed that , when perfectly smooth , and free from dust or dirt , the ...
... drag very considerably more , than upon the common road , the common carriages of the latter running upon it . Ex- periments were made by Mr. Walker , which shewed that , when perfectly smooth , and free from dust or dirt , the ...
Página 141
... drag the train of carriages over it . Nothing can be more fallacious , for , if the engine was , by any accident , to run off the rails , it would not drag the carriages after it . If it goes over at all , the carriages will push the ...
... drag the train of carriages over it . Nothing can be more fallacious , for , if the engine was , by any accident , to run off the rails , it would not drag the carriages after it . If it goes over at all , the carriages will push 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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