Railway Locomotives and Cars, Volume 13Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1841 |
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Page 15
... hours from sea to sea , affording thus another proof of the victorious power of steam . Although encountering at times severe weather , not the slightest accident occurred to either ship or machinery . The combination of steam- ing and ...
... hours from sea to sea , affording thus another proof of the victorious power of steam . Although encountering at times severe weather , not the slightest accident occurred to either ship or machinery . The combination of steam- ing and ...
Page 18
... hours from Norfolk . The Germ , as she is most appropriately named , is propelled by lieut . Hunter's submerged propellers , of which our readers have before seen some notice taken in our columns . We cannot too highly estimate the ...
... hours from Norfolk . The Germ , as she is most appropriately named , is propelled by lieut . Hunter's submerged propellers , of which our readers have before seen some notice taken in our columns . We cannot too highly estimate the ...
Page 19
... hours , a distance of two hundred and forty miles , or thereabouts - and ma- king at times nine miles per hour . This is but a germ , it is believed , of what she can do . The invention , it is beleived , will also prove invaluable to ...
... hours , a distance of two hundred and forty miles , or thereabouts - and ma- king at times nine miles per hour . This is but a germ , it is believed , of what she can do . The invention , it is beleived , will also prove invaluable to ...
Page 21
... in company with Mr. Rouse , and in two hours we found bones enough for a load to transport home in our arms . Among them was a piece of a rib - bone about two feet in length , which measures three and a half inches in width , Items . 21.
... in company with Mr. Rouse , and in two hours we found bones enough for a load to transport home in our arms . Among them was a piece of a rib - bone about two feet in length , which measures three and a half inches in width , Items . 21.
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... hour on the pas- senger trains , and some part of the time on the steamboat train . She is of the same pattern and size as the oldest engines which we have in use . ( To be continued . ) THE EASTERN MAILS , ONCE MORE . So much censure ...
... hour on the pas- senger trains , and some part of the time on the steamboat train . She is of the same pattern and size as the oldest engines which we have in use . ( To be continued . ) THE EASTERN MAILS , ONCE MORE . So much censure ...
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