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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... side by side , over which more than twenty millions of passengers are carried yearly , or an average of about 60,000 a day all the year round . Since the partial opening of the Greenwich Railway in 1836 , a large extent of railways has ...
... side by side , over which more than twenty millions of passengers are carried yearly , or an average of about 60,000 a day all the year round . Since the partial opening of the Greenwich Railway in 1836 , a large extent of railways has ...
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... side to lay down a tram - way for the pur- pose of connecting the one with the other . A century later , Arthur Young observed that not only had these roads become greatly multiplied , but formidable works had been constructed to carry ...
... side to lay down a tram - way for the pur- pose of connecting the one with the other . A century later , Arthur Young observed that not only had these roads become greatly multiplied , but formidable works had been constructed to carry ...
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... side , whereby one horse does the work of ten at all times ; but when any wind is stirring ( which is seldom wanting near the sea ) , one man and a small sail do the work of twenty . " It does * A curious account of this early project ...
... side , whereby one horse does the work of ten at all times ; but when any wind is stirring ( which is seldom wanting near the sea ) , one man and a small sail do the work of twenty . " It does * A curious account of this early project ...
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... side of him was a pile of books reaching from the floor to nearly the front window of the carriage , while on the other was a hamper containing fruit and sweetmeats , with a store of cream and sug- ar , with which the occupant regaled ...
... side of him was a pile of books reaching from the floor to nearly the front window of the carriage , while on the other was a hamper containing fruit and sweetmeats , with a store of cream and sug- ar , with which the occupant regaled ...
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... side provided with two small chimneys , two single - acting 13 - in . brass cylinders communicating with the boiler by a steam - pipe , and the arrangements for communicating the motion of the pis- tons to the driving - wheel , together ...
... side provided with two small chimneys , two single - acting 13 - in . brass cylinders communicating with the boiler by a steam - pipe , and the arrangements for communicating the motion of the pis- tons to the driving - wheel , together ...
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