A Practical Treatise on Rail-roads, and Interior Communication in General ...Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1888 - 760 páginas |
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... surface of that which rested immediately on the sleeper , was the next improvement , thus forming what is called the " double way . " The upper rail , or that subjected to the action of the wheels of the carriages , could then be almost ...
... surface of that which rested immediately on the sleeper , was the next improvement , thus forming what is called the " double way . " The upper rail , or that subjected to the action of the wheels of the carriages , could then be almost ...
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... surface of the rails , and fastened down with common nails , to diminish the resistance opposed to the wheels , and equalise the draught of the horse . This , no doubt , would be found a great improvement , not only in diminishing the ...
... surface of the rails , and fastened down with common nails , to diminish the resistance opposed to the wheels , and equalise the draught of the horse . This , no doubt , would be found a great improvement , not only in diminishing the ...
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... surface . Mr. R. Stevenson of Edinburgh states , that malleable iron rails were first introduced at Lord Carlisle's coal- works , at Tindale Fell , Cumberland , in 1815. As above stated , they were used long before that period near New ...
... surface . Mr. R. Stevenson of Edinburgh states , that malleable iron rails were first introduced at Lord Carlisle's coal- works , at Tindale Fell , Cumberland , in 1815. As above stated , they were used long before that period near New ...
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... surface of the road being levelled , to as nearly an uniform level , or slope as practicable , the rails were laid down , and the road material levelled , to the height of the upper sur- face of the sleeper , or to the lower surface of ...
... surface of the road being levelled , to as nearly an uniform level , or slope as practicable , the rails were laid down , and the road material levelled , to the height of the upper sur- face of the sleeper , or to the lower surface of ...
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... surface , by four or five inches in depth . The upper rail was of the same dimensions , and was almost always made of beech , or sycamore . The surface of the ground being formed into the required level , or inclination , for about six ...
... surface , by four or five inches in depth . The upper rail was of the same dimensions , and was almost always made of beech , or sycamore . The surface of the ground being formed into the required level , or inclination , for about six ...
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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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