A Practical Treatise on Rail-roads, and Interior Communication in General ...Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1888 - 760 páginas |
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Página xi
... travelling . The greatest exertions have been used to accelerate the speed of the mails , ( which have hitherto been the quickest species of conveyance , ) without being able to exceed 10 miles an hour ; and that INTRODUCTION . xi.
... travelling . The greatest exertions have been used to accelerate the speed of the mails , ( which have hitherto been the quickest species of conveyance , ) without being able to exceed 10 miles an hour ; and that INTRODUCTION . xi.
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... travelling . We have also gone into the expense of conveyance by turnpike roads and canals , which we have compared with the cost of conveyance by railways , at the several rates of speed usually accomplished in the conveyance of heavy ...
... travelling . We have also gone into the expense of conveyance by turnpike roads and canals , which we have compared with the cost of conveyance by railways , at the several rates of speed usually accomplished in the conveyance of heavy ...
Página xxiv
... travelling at different Rates of Speed 564 563 f . Theory of the Power of Engines on In- clined Planes 568 g . Table of the Power of Engines on In- clined Planes 9. Cost of Locomotive Engines on Railroads 577 582 a . Expense of working ...
... travelling at different Rates of Speed 564 563 f . Theory of the Power of Engines on In- clined Planes 568 g . Table of the Power of Engines on In- clined Planes 9. Cost of Locomotive Engines on Railroads 577 582 a . Expense of working ...
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... travelling , renders the use of them almost indispensable ; and they have , on that account , entirely superseded the use of cast § 4. - Canals . Having thus given a brief iron , on all public railroads . RAILWAYS . 13.
... travelling , renders the use of them almost indispensable ; and they have , on that account , entirely superseded the use of cast § 4. - Canals . Having thus given a brief iron , on all public railroads . RAILWAYS . 13.
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... travelling along ; and the expansion and con- traction of the rail , by the change of temperature , all tends to cause the key to work loose . To obviate this , he interposes a pin between the key and the rail , which counteracts the ...
... travelling along ; and the expansion and con- traction of the rail , by the change of temperature , all tends to cause the key to work loose . To obviate this , he interposes a pin between the key and the rail , which counteracts the ...
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