The Life of George Stephenson and of His Son Robert Stephenson: Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway LocomotiveHarper, 1868 - 501 páginas |
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... bridges , made no high roads , cut no navigations , dug out no res- ervoirs ..... Were we to be driven out of India this day , nothing would remain to tell that it had been possessed , during the inglo- rious period of our dominion , by ...
... bridges , made no high roads , cut no navigations , dug out no res- ervoirs ..... Were we to be driven out of India this day , nothing would remain to tell that it had been possessed , during the inglo- rious period of our dominion , by ...
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... Bridge - the greatest of all railway structures - was not half erected . Now , that fine colony has more than 2200 miles in active operation along the great valley of the St. Lawrence , connecting Rivière du Loup at the mouth of that ...
... Bridge - the greatest of all railway structures - was not half erected . Now , that fine colony has more than 2200 miles in active operation along the great valley of the St. Lawrence , connecting Rivière du Loup at the mouth of that ...
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... Bridge Station alone ; and on some days as many as 1200 trains a day . While such are the expedients adopted to insure safety , others equally ingenious are adopted to insure speed . In the case of express and mail trains , the frequent ...
... Bridge Station alone ; and on some days as many as 1200 trains a day . While such are the expedients adopted to insure safety , others equally ingenious are adopted to insure speed . In the case of express and mail trains , the frequent ...
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... Bridge . - The York and North Midland . - The Scarborough Branch . - George Stephenson on Estimates . - Stephenson on his Surveys . - His quick Observation . - His extensive Labors . - Traveling and Correspondence.— Life at Alton Grange ...
... Bridge . - The York and North Midland . - The Scarborough Branch . - George Stephenson on Estimates . - Stephenson on his Surveys . - His quick Observation . - His extensive Labors . - Traveling and Correspondence.— Life at Alton Grange ...
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... Bridge , Berwick . - Progress of Iron Bridge - building . — Rob- ert Stephenson constructs the High - Level Bridge , Newcastle . - Pile - driving by Steam . - Merits of the Structure . - The through Railway to Scotland com- pleted ...
... Bridge , Berwick . - Progress of Iron Bridge - building . — Rob- ert Stephenson constructs the High - Level Bridge , Newcastle . - Pile - driving by Steam . - Merits of the Structure . - The through Railway to Scotland com- pleted ...
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adopted afterward Black Callerton boiler Boulton and Watt bridge Britannia Bridge brought canal carriage carried CHAP Chat Moss chimney coach coal colliery committee common roads constructed contrived cottage cylinders Darlington Railway Davy Davy lamp difficulty directors district early Edinburg Edward Pease employed engine-wright erected experiments explosion father favor feet Geordy lamp George Stephenson gine ground Hetton horses improvements invention iron journey Killingworth labor laid lamp Leeds length Liverpool and Manchester locomotive engine London machine means mechanical ment miles an hour Newcastle Nicholas Wood occasion opening Parliament passed passengers patent Pease phenson practical proceeded proposed proved purpose railroad rails RICHARD TREVITHICK Robert Stephenson safety-lamp Sandars scheme Sir Humphry speed steam steam-blast steam-carriage steam-engine Stockton and Darlington success survey tion tons took traffic train tram-road traveling Trevithick tubes tunnel wagons West Moor wheels workmen Wylam