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" I believe they will be materially increased, but my great object would be in any possible way to render each part capable of improvement, and to remove what appears an obstacle to any great progress in such a very important point as the diameter of the... "
The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal - Page 52
edited by - 1839
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The Railway Magazine, and Annals of Science, Volume 5

1839 - 732 pages
...particular size of wheel, or even any great increase of the present dimensions. I believe they will be materially increased, but my great object would be,...capable of improvement, and to remove what appears au obstacle to any great progress in such a very important point as the diameter of the wheels, upon...
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Railways: Papers on the Mechanical and Engineering Operations and Structures ...

George Drysdale Dempsey - 1846 - 282 pages
...any particular size of wheels, or even any increase of the present dimensions. I believe they will be materially increased ; but my great object would be...and the speed that may be obtained, so materially depend.' " " Admits all sorts of carriages, stage coaches, fyc., to be carried within the wheels. —...
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Gauge Evidence: The History and Prospects of the Railway System, Illustrated ...

Samuel Sidney - 1846 - 486 pages
...dimensions. I believe they will be materially " increased ; but my great object would be, in every possi" ble way, to render each part capable of improvement, "..." the cost of transport, and the speed that may be ob' ' tained so materially depends." 4551. Is that an extract from something written by Mr. Brunel?...
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Gauge Evidence: The History and Prospects of the Railway System, Illustrated ...

Samuel Sidney - 1846 - 486 pages
...dimensions. I believe they will be materially " increased ; but my great object would be, in every possi" ble way, to render each part capable of improvement, "...governs " the cost of transport, and the speed that ma3r be ob' ' tained so materially depends." 4551. Is that an extract from something written by Mr....
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The Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer

Isambard Brunel - 1870 - 624 pages
...particular ' size of wheel, or even any great increase of the present dimensions. 'I believe they will be materially increased; but my great object ' would...every possible way to render each part capable of im' provement, and to remove what appears an obstacle to any great ' progress in such a very important...
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Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 175

Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1909 - 510 pages
...present dimensions. I believe they will be materially increased, but my great object would be in any possible way to render each part capable of improvement,...speed that may be obtained so materially depends. The objections which may be urged against these alterations are : (1) the increased widths required...
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History of the Great Western Railway, Volume 1, Issue 1

Edward Terence MacDermot - 1927 - 504 pages
...particular size of wheel or even any great increase of the present dimensions. I believe they will be materially increased, but my great object would be...each part capable of improvement, and to remove what C appears to be an obstacle to any great progress in such a very important point as the diameter of...
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Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 175

Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1909 - 506 pages
...dimensions. I believe they will be materially increased, but my great object would be in any lxrasible way to render each part capable of improvement, and...speed that may be obtained so materially depends. The objections which may be urged against these alterations are : (1) the increased widths required...
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