The Life of Robert Stephenson, F.R.S. Etc. Etc: Late President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864 |
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Page 116
... miles per hour attained on the Killingworth and Darlington lines by no means justified an enthusiastic support of the travelling engines . It was true that they had not been built with a view to speed , but for the 1828. ] QUESTION OF ...
... miles per hour attained on the Killingworth and Darlington lines by no means justified an enthusiastic support of the travelling engines . It was true that they had not been built with a view to speed , but for the 1828. ] QUESTION OF ...
Page 122
... miles an hour . An engine weighing , with its tender , fifteen tons , would drag twenty - three and a half tons ' weight of carriages , containing forty - seven and three - quarters tons of goods , at the rate of five miles hour . So ...
... miles an hour . An engine weighing , with its tender , fifteen tons , would drag twenty - three and a half tons ' weight of carriages , containing forty - seven and three - quarters tons of goods , at the rate of five miles hour . So ...
Page 125
... miles per hour , with a pressure of steam in the boiler not exceeding 50 lbs . on the square inch . 3rd . There must be two safety valves , one of which must be completely out of the reach or control of the engine - man , and neither of ...
... miles per hour , with a pressure of steam in the boiler not exceeding 50 lbs . on the square inch . 3rd . There must be two safety valves , one of which must be completely out of the reach or control of the engine - man , and neither of ...
Page 129
... miles an hour , and the average 144 miles an hour . The tubes of the " Rocket " en- gine were three inches in diameter , and only twenty - four in number . In the engines made subsequently the size was reduced , and the number of VOL ...
... miles an hour , and the average 144 miles an hour . The tubes of the " Rocket " en- gine were three inches in diameter , and only twenty - four in number . In the engines made subsequently the size was reduced , and the number of VOL ...
Page 141
... hour . The vast room still left for improvement may be ap- preciated , even ... hour , or nearly five times the power of the engine of 1829 . ' * After trial ... miles from Liverpool , on the Manchester side of the Rainhill Bridge , at a ...
... hour . The vast room still left for improvement may be ap- preciated , even ... hour , or nearly five times the power of the engine of 1829 . ' * After trial ... miles from Liverpool , on the Manchester side of the Rainhill Bridge , at a ...
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