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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... traveling at the inconceivable rapidity of 800 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 ...
... traveling at the inconceivable rapidity of 800 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 ...
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... traveled by coaches in Great Britain in 1834 , an average distance of twelve miles each , at an average cost of 58. a passen- ger , or at the rate of 5d . a mile ; whereas above 313 millions are now carried by railway an average ...
... traveled by coaches in Great Britain in 1834 , an average distance of twelve miles each , at an average cost of 58. a passen- ger , or at the rate of 5d . a mile ; whereas above 313 millions are now carried by railway an average ...
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... 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 , yet more persons were killed by lightning in Great Britain , in 1866 , than ...
... 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 , yet more persons were killed by lightning in Great Britain , in 1866 , than ...
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... traveled in Great Britain in 1866 at 313,699,268 , of whom fifteen were accidentally killed , it would appear that , even supposing a person to have a permanent exist- ence , and to make a journey by railway daily , the probability of ...
... traveled in Great Britain in 1866 at 313,699,268 , of whom fifteen were accidentally killed , it would appear that , even supposing a person to have a permanent exist- ence , and to make a journey by railway daily , the probability of ...
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... travels at the rate of 288,000 miles a sec- ond , and is therefore always able to herald the coming train . The electric telegraph may , indeed , be regarded as the nervous system of the railway . By its means the whole line is kept ...
... travels at the rate of 288,000 miles a sec- ond , and is therefore always able to herald the coming train . The electric telegraph may , indeed , be regarded as the nervous system of the railway . By its means the whole line is kept ...
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