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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... improved by an ingenious contrivance , by means of which the setting of the signal prepares the road for the coming train . When the signal is set at " Danger , " the points are at the same time worked , and the road is " locked ...
... improved by an ingenious contrivance , by means of which the setting of the signal prepares the road for the coming train . When the signal is set at " Danger , " the points are at the same time worked , and the road is " locked ...
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... improved state of the communications of the city with the country has had a marked effect upon its population . While the action of the railways has been to add largely to the number of persons living in London , it has also been ...
... improved state of the communications of the city with the country has had a marked effect upon its population . While the action of the railways has been to add largely to the number of persons living in London , it has also been ...
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... affairs is now completely changed . What with the greatly improved state of the London dairies and the better quality of the milk supplied by them , together with the large xxiv PREFACE . quantities brought by railway from a range.
... affairs is now completely changed . What with the greatly improved state of the London dairies and the better quality of the milk supplied by them , together with the large xxiv PREFACE . quantities brought by railway from a range.
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... improved edition of " The Life of George Stephenson , " with which is incorporated a Memoir of his son Robert , late President of the Institute of Civil Engineers . Since its original appearance in 1857 , much additional informa- tion ...
... improved edition of " The Life of George Stephenson , " with which is incorporated a Memoir of his son Robert , late President of the Institute of Civil Engineers . Since its original appearance in 1857 , much additional informa- tion ...
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... Improvements in the Steam - engine . -Attempts to construct a Tunnel under the Thames . - His numerous Inventions and Patents . - Engines ordered of him for Peru . - Trevithick a Mining Engineer in South America . - Is ruined by the ...
... Improvements in the Steam - engine . -Attempts to construct a Tunnel under the Thames . - His numerous Inventions and Patents . - Engines ordered of him for Peru . - Trevithick a Mining Engineer in South America . - Is ruined by the ...
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