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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... Railroad , connecting the lines in the valleys of the Mississippi and the Missouri with the city of San Francisco on the shores of the Pacific , by which , when com- pleted , it will be possible to make the journey from England to Hong ...
... Railroad , connecting the lines in the valleys of the Mississippi and the Missouri with the city of San Francisco on the shores of the Pacific , by which , when com- pleted , it will be possible to make the journey from England to Hong ...
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... Railroad . - Trevithick's 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 ...
... Railroad . - Trevithick's 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 ...
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... Railroad projected . - The first Prospectus issued . - Opposition to the Sur- vey . - Speculations as to Railway Speed . - George Stephenson's Views thought ex- travagant . — Article in the “ Quarterly ” ...... .. 66 CHAPTER X. 247 ...
... Railroad projected . - The first Prospectus issued . - Opposition to the Sur- vey . - Speculations as to Railway Speed . - George Stephenson's Views thought ex- travagant . — Article in the “ Quarterly ” ...... .. 66 CHAPTER X. 247 ...
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... Railroads ...... ... CHAPTER XVI . 365 GEORGE STEPHENSON'S COAL - MINES - OPINIONS ON RAILWAY Speeds - RAILWAY MANIA . George Stephenson on Railways and Coal Traffic . - Leases the Claycross Estate.— His Residence at Tapton . - His ...
... Railroads ...... ... CHAPTER XVI . 365 GEORGE STEPHENSON'S COAL - MINES - OPINIONS ON RAILWAY Speeds - RAILWAY MANIA . George Stephenson on Railways and Coal Traffic . - Leases the Claycross Estate.— His Residence at Tapton . - His ...
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