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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... carriages were provided , the original first - class compartments being seated for four passengers only . Every thing was found to have been in the first instance made too light and too slight . The prize " Rocket , " which weighed only ...
... carriages were provided , the original first - class compartments being seated for four passengers only . Every thing was found to have been in the first instance made too light and too slight . The prize " Rocket , " which weighed only ...
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... carriages , were from time to time added to the carrying stock of the railway . The speed of the trains was also increased . The first locomo- tives used in hauling coal - trains ran at from four to six miles an hour . On the Stockton ...
... carriages , were from time to time added to the carrying stock of the railway . The speed of the trains was also increased . The first locomo- tives used in hauling coal - trains ran at from four to six miles an hour . On the Stockton ...
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... carriages , 7276 vans and breaks attached to passenger - trains , and 242,947 trucks , wagons , and other vehicles appropriated to merchandise . Buck- led together , buffer to buffer , the locomotives and tenders would extend for a ...
... carriages , 7276 vans and breaks attached to passenger - trains , and 242,947 trucks , wagons , and other vehicles appropriated to merchandise . Buck- led together , buffer to buffer , the locomotives and tenders would extend for a ...
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... carriage of food and fuel to London forms but a small part of the merchandise traffic carried by railway . Above 600,000 tons of goods of various kinds yearly pass through one station only , that of the London and Northwestern Company ...
... carriage of food and fuel to London forms but a small part of the merchandise traffic carried by railway . Above 600,000 tons of goods of various kinds yearly pass through one station only , that of the London and Northwestern Company ...
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... carriage . - Memoir of Joseph Cugnot and his Road - locomotive . — Francis Moore . - James Watt's Specification of a Locomotive- engine . - William Murdoch's Model . - William Symington's model Steam - carriage . -Oliver Evans's model ...
... carriage . - Memoir of Joseph Cugnot and his Road - locomotive . — Francis Moore . - James Watt's Specification of a Locomotive- engine . - William Murdoch's Model . - William Symington's model Steam - carriage . -Oliver Evans's model ...
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