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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... feet per minute ! To bear the load of heavy engines run at high speeds , a much stronger and heavier road was found necessary ; and shortly aft- er the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester line , it was en- tirely relaid with ...
... feet per minute ! To bear the load of heavy engines run at high speeds , a much stronger and heavier road was found necessary ; and shortly aft- er the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester line , it was en- tirely relaid with ...
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... feet long , is laid longitudinally between the rails . Into this trough , which is filled with water , a dip - pipe , or scoop attached to the bottom of the tender of the running train , is lowered , and , at a speed of 50 miles an hour ...
... feet long , is laid longitudinally between the rails . Into this trough , which is filled with water , a dip - pipe , or scoop attached to the bottom of the tender of the running train , is lowered , and , at a speed of 50 miles an hour ...
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... feet high - a man will now get up ten tons for 78. My engine at Dalcoath has lifted about 100 tons that height with one bushel of coals . I have two engines already finished for the purpose , and shall be in town in about fifteen days ...
... feet high - a man will now get up ten tons for 78. My engine at Dalcoath has lifted about 100 tons that height with one bushel of coals . I have two engines already finished for the purpose , and shall be in town in about fifteen days ...
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... feet below high water . The works were from time to time suspended , and it was not until the year 1807 , when ... feet , when the roof gave way and the water burst in . The open- ing was , however , plugged by clay in bags thrown into ...
... feet below high water . The works were from time to time suspended , and it was not until the year 1807 , when ... feet , when the roof gave way and the water burst in . The open- ing was , however , plugged by clay in bags thrown into ...
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... feet in height , and , though well proportioned when in ordinary health , he was now gaunt and hol- low , the picture of privation and misery . Stephenson made up to the stranger , and was not a little sur- prised to find that he was no ...
... feet in height , and , though well proportioned when in ordinary health , he was now gaunt and hol- low , the picture of privation and misery . Stephenson made up to the stranger , and was not a little sur- prised to find that he was no ...
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