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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... adopted to insure safety , others equally ingenious are adopted to insure speed . In the case of express and mail trains , the frequent stopping of the engines to take in a fresh supply of water occasions a considerable loss of time on ...
... adopted to insure safety , others equally ingenious are adopted to insure speed . In the case of express and mail trains , the frequent stopping of the engines to take in a fresh supply of water occasions a considerable loss of time on ...
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... adoption of the Cheap Postage system ; and that such accommodation was needed will be obvious from the extraordinary increase which has taken place in the number of letters and packets sent by post . Thus , in 1839 , the number of ...
... adoption of the Cheap Postage system ; and that such accommodation was needed will be obvious from the extraordinary increase which has taken place in the number of letters and packets sent by post . Thus , in 1839 , the number of ...
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... adopted by the author and carried out by him in the preparation of the original work , with the concur- rence of Robert Stephenson , who supplied the necessary particu- lars relating to himself . Such portions of these were accordingly ...
... adopted by the author and carried out by him in the preparation of the original work , with the concur- rence of Robert Stephenson , who supplied the necessary particu- lars relating to himself . Such portions of these were accordingly ...
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... adoption of the canal system , and the improvement of our roads and highways , toward the end of last century . But the progress of industry was so rapid — the invention of new tools , machines , and engines so greatly increased the ...
... adoption of the canal system , and the improvement of our roads and highways , toward the end of last century . But the progress of industry was so rapid — the invention of new tools , machines , and engines so greatly increased the ...
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... adopted for the purpose of diminishing friction between the wheels of vehicles and the roads along which they were dragged by horse - power . The Romans employed stone blocks with that object ; and the streets of the long - buried city ...
... adopted for the purpose of diminishing friction between the wheels of vehicles and the roads along which they were dragged by horse - power . The Romans employed stone blocks with that object ; and the streets of the long - buried city ...
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