A Practical Treatise on Rail-roads, and Interior Communication in General ...Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1888 - 760 páginas |
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... miles is kept up with the greatest ease ; and , on an extraordinary occasion , nearly double that rate , or 30 miles in one hour . Being therefore applicable , at greater rates of speed , than by any mode , not only for the conveyance ...
... miles is kept up with the greatest ease ; and , on an extraordinary occasion , nearly double that rate , or 30 miles in one hour . Being therefore applicable , at greater rates of speed , than by any mode , not only for the conveyance ...
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... miles an hour . The following Tables shew the result of these experiments : - TABLE XXVIII . No. 1. experiment , Speedwell engine . Nos . II . and III . , Swiftsure . Grand Junction , 62 lbs . rail , bearings 3 feet 9 inches . Velocity 20 ...
... miles an hour . The following Tables shew the result of these experiments : - TABLE XXVIII . No. 1. experiment , Speedwell engine . Nos . II . and III . , Swiftsure . Grand Junction , 62 lbs . rail , bearings 3 feet 9 inches . Velocity 20 ...
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... miles an hour , it was projected from the curve in a straight line . But if the train was moving at the rate of twelve miles an hour , seventy- six feet being the length it will run before stopping , or of the tangent , the distance ...
... miles an hour , it was projected from the curve in a straight line . But if the train was moving at the rate of twelve miles an hour , seventy- six feet being the length it will run before stopping , or of the tangent , the distance ...
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... miles and a half an hour , for eight hours a day ; or 200 lbs . , twenty miles a day . Mr. Smeaton found his performance less . Mr. Watt states it at 150 lbs . , moving two miles and a half an hour . Assuming , therefore , 150 lbs . as ...
... miles and a half an hour , for eight hours a day ; or 200 lbs . , twenty miles a day . Mr. Smeaton found his performance less . Mr. Watt states it at 150 lbs . , moving two miles and a half an hour . Assuming , therefore , 150 lbs . as ...
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... hour , which I found to be eighty - four pounds . I then applied a chain to the hinder part of the machine , -by ... miles and a half per hour , and raised perpendicularly 812 lbs . at the same speed ; thus making the whole power equal ...
... hour , which I found to be eighty - four pounds . I then applied a chain to the hinder part of the machine , -by ... miles and a half per hour , and raised perpendicularly 812 lbs . at the same speed ; thus making the whole power equal ...
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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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