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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... continued to make extraor- dinary progress . The length of lines then open in Europe was estimated at about 18,000 miles : it is now more than 50,000 miles . Although Great Britain , first in the field , had then , after about twenty ...
... continued to make extraor- dinary progress . The length of lines then open in Europe was estimated at about 18,000 miles : it is now more than 50,000 miles . Although Great Britain , first in the field , had then , after about twenty ...
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... continued to be done at the Manchester Station until a com- paratively recent date . But the number of passengers carried by the Liverpool and Manchester line was so unexpectedly great , that it was very soon found necessary to remodel ...
... continued to be done at the Manchester Station until a com- paratively recent date . But the number of passengers carried by the Liverpool and Manchester line was so unexpectedly great , that it was very soon found necessary to remodel ...
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... continued to furnish corrections and additions for insertion in the successive editions of the book which were called for by the public . After the first two editions had appeared , he induced several gentlemen , well qualified to ...
... continued to furnish corrections and additions for insertion in the successive editions of the book which were called for by the public . After the first two editions had appeared , he induced several gentlemen , well qualified to ...
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... continued to be slow , dear , and in all respects unsatisfactory . Many expedients were suggested with the view of getting rid of the horse . The " Railway Locomotion and Steam Navigation , their Principles and Practice . ” By John Curr ...
... continued to be slow , dear , and in all respects unsatisfactory . Many expedients were suggested with the view of getting rid of the horse . The " Railway Locomotion and Steam Navigation , their Principles and Practice . ” By John Curr ...
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... continued to be paid to him until the outbreak of the Revolution . The Girondist Ro- land was appointed to examine the engine and report upon it to the Convention ; but his report , which was favorable , was not adopted ; on which the ...
... continued to be paid to him until the outbreak of the Revolution . The Girondist Ro- land was appointed to examine the engine and report upon it to the Convention ; but his report , which was favorable , was not adopted ; on which the ...
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