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 5s . 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 5s . 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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Página 263 - What can be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stage-coaches ! We would as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate.
Página iv - England has erected no churches, no hospitals, no palaces, no schools ; England has built no bridges, made no high roads, cut no navigations, dug out no reservoirs. Every other conqueror of every other description has left some monument, either of state or beneficence, behind him. Were we to be driven out of India this day, nothing would remain to tell that it had been possessed, during the inglorious period of our dominion, by any thing better than the ourang-outang or the tiger.
Página 396 - lies in her iron and coal beds ; and the locomotive is destined, above all other agencies, to bring it forth. The Lord Chancellor now sits upon a bag of wool ; but wool has long ceased to be emblematical of the staple commodity of England. He ought rather to sit upon a bag of coals, though it might not prove quite so comfortable a seat.
Página 59 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot through the fields of air ; — Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move, Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud.
Página 236 - I have said will come to pass as sure as we live. I only wish I may live to see the day, though that I can scarcely hope for, as I know how slow all human progress is, and with what difficulty I have been able to get the locomotive adopted, notwithstanding my more than ten years' successful experiment at Killingworth.
Página 179 - On the Fire-Damp of Coal Mines, and on Methods of lighting the Mine so as to prevent its Explosion," before the Royal Society of London.
Página 67 - busying himself with the steam-carriage." "I have still," said he, "the same opinion concerning it that I had, but to prevent as much as possible more fruitless argument about it, I have one of some size under hand, and am resolved to try if God will work a miracle in favour of these carriage.s. I shall in some future letter send you the words of my specification on that subject. In the mean time I wish William could be brought to do as we do, to mind the business in hand, and let such as Symington...
Página 273 - Ui-n made to cover them ; but the wind will affect them ; and any gale of wind which would affect the traffic on the Mersey would render it impossible to set off a locomotive engine, either by poking of the fire, or keeping up the pressure of the steam till the toiler was ready to burnt...
Página 261 - It was declared that its formation would prevent cows grazing and hens laying. The poisoned air from the locomotives would kill birds as they flew over them, and render the preservation of pheasants and foxes no longer possible. Householders adjoining the projected line were told that their houses would be burnt up by the fire thrown from the engine-chimneys; while the air around would be polluted by clouds of smoke.
Página 403 - I said to my friends that there was no limit to the speed of such an engine, provided the works could be made to stand.