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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... results of the working of railways have been in many re- spects different from those anticipated by their projectors . One of the most unexpected has been the growth of an immense pas- senger - traffic . The Stockton and Darlington line ...
... results of the working of railways have been in many re- spects different from those anticipated by their projectors . One of the most unexpected has been the growth of an immense pas- senger - traffic . The Stockton and Darlington line ...
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... results . Yet , taking all circumstances into ac- count , the wonder is that traveling by railway at high speeds should have been rendered comparatively so safe . To be struck by lightning is one of the rarest of all causes of death ...
... results . Yet , taking all circumstances into ac- count , the wonder is that traveling by railway at high speeds should have been rendered comparatively so safe . To be struck by lightning is one of the rarest of all causes of death ...
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... results which even then were of a remarkable charac- ter , though they have since , as above described , become so much more extraordinary . The favor with which successive editions of the book have been received has justified the ...
... results which even then were of a remarkable charac- ter , though they have since , as above described , become so much more extraordinary . The favor with which successive editions of the book have been received has justified the ...
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... results which even then were of a remarkable character , though they have since , as above described , become so much more extraordinary . The favor with which successive editions of the book have been received has justified the author ...
... results which even then were of a remarkable character , though they have since , as above described , become so much more extraordinary . The favor with which successive editions of the book have been received has justified the author ...
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... RESULTS . Projection of new Lines . - Dutton Viaduct on the Grand Junction . - The Manches- ter and Leeds . - Incident in Committee . - Summit Tunnel , Littleborough . - The Midland Railway . - The Works compared with the Simplon Road ...
... RESULTS . Projection of new Lines . - Dutton Viaduct on the Grand Junction . - The Manches- ter and Leeds . - Incident in Committee . - Summit Tunnel , Littleborough . - The Midland Railway . - The Works compared with the Simplon Road ...
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