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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... the commencement of which Mr. Seward publicly expressed the opinion that " physical bonds , such as highways , railroads , rivers , and canals , are vastly more powerful for hold- vi PREFACE . ing civil communities together than any mere.
... the commencement of which Mr. Seward publicly expressed the opinion that " physical bonds , such as highways , railroads , rivers , and canals , are vastly more powerful for hold- vi PREFACE . ing civil communities together than any mere.
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... Canal.— His Honors . - Launch of the Great Eastern . - Last Illness and Death . - The Ste- phenson Characteristics . - Conclusion ..................... . INDEX 474 497 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . Portrait of George Stephenson to face.
... Canal.— His Honors . - Launch of the Great Eastern . - Last Illness and Death . - The Ste- phenson Characteristics . - Conclusion ..................... . INDEX 474 497 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . Portrait of George Stephenson to face.
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... canal system , and the improvement of our roads and highways , toward the end of last century . But the progress of ... canals , numerous and excellent though they might be , were altogether inadequate for the accom- modation of the ...
... canal system , and the improvement of our roads and highways , toward the end of last century . But the progress of ... canals , numerous and excellent though they might be , were altogether inadequate for the accom- modation of the ...
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... canal , died , and his executors countermanded the order . Symington failed in inducing any other canal company to make trial of his invention . Lord Dundas also took the Char- lotte Dundas off the Forth and Clyde Canal , where she had ...
... canal , died , and his executors countermanded the order . Symington failed in inducing any other canal company to make trial of his invention . Lord Dundas also took the Char- lotte Dundas off the Forth and Clyde Canal , where she had ...
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... canal to Charleroi was under considera- tion , on which he seized the opportunity of urging the superior merits of a railway . When he returned to England in 1820 , he wrote a book upon the subject , entitled , " Observations on a ...
... canal to Charleroi was under considera- tion , on which he seized the opportunity of urging the superior merits of a railway . When he returned to England in 1820 , he wrote a book upon the subject , entitled , " Observations on a ...
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