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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... Germain Line - Summary of Results Mechanical Efficiency - Economy - General Applicability to Railway Traffic - Reasons for its Abandonment - Conclusion Page 292 ILLUSTRATION IN VOL . I. PORTRAIT OF ROBERT STEPHENSON , THE FIRST VOLUME . XV.
... Germain Line - Summary of Results Mechanical Efficiency - Economy - General Applicability to Railway Traffic - Reasons for its Abandonment - Conclusion Page 292 ILLUSTRATION IN VOL . I. PORTRAIT OF ROBERT STEPHENSON , THE FIRST VOLUME . XV.
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... traffic . The alacrity with which George Stephenson , the self- taught engineer , comprehended the importance of the Wylam discoveries , and put them in practice upon the Killingworth line , in locomotives of his own construction ...
... traffic . The alacrity with which George Stephenson , the self- taught engineer , comprehended the importance of the Wylam discoveries , and put them in practice upon the Killingworth line , in locomotives of his own construction ...
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... traffic between La Guayra and Caraccas did not amount to more than 5,571 tons . Therefore , if the road were made and opened , Robert Stephenson could not see his way to more than £ 14,180 profit on each year's transactions an annual ...
... traffic between La Guayra and Caraccas did not amount to more than 5,571 tons . Therefore , if the road were made and opened , Robert Stephenson could not see his way to more than £ 14,180 profit on each year's transactions an annual ...
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... , one step was gained . The deputation was convinced , that for the immense traffic to be anticipated on the Liverpool and Manchester line , horses were out of question . The 1828. ] 117 QUESTION OF THE USE OF LOCOMOTIVES .
... , one step was gained . The deputation was convinced , that for the immense traffic to be anticipated on the Liverpool and Manchester line , horses were out of question . The 1828. ] 117 QUESTION OF THE USE OF LOCOMOTIVES .
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... traffic both ways . But with a system of locomotives the cost of the first establishment need only be propor- tioned to the demands of trade , while with stationary engines an outlay for a complete establishment would be required in the ...
... traffic both ways . But with a system of locomotives the cost of the first establishment need only be propor- tioned to the demands of trade , while with stationary engines an outlay for a complete establishment would be required in the ...
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Page 198 - ... or mentioned in the said books of reference, or any correction thereof, such temporary or permanent inclined planes, tunnels, embankments, aqueducts, bridges, roads, ways, passages, conduits, drains, piers, arches, cuttings and fences as they think proper.
Page 203 - Street, Somers Town, in the parish of St. Pancras, in the county of Middlesex...
Page 170 - That the case for the promoters of the bill having been concluded, it does not appear to the Committee that they have made out such a case as would warrant the forcing of the proposed railway through the land and property of so great a proportion of dissentient landowners and proprietors.
Page 207 - The great Pyramid of Egypt, that stupendous monument which seems likely to exist to the end of all time, will afford a comparison. After making the necessary allowances for the foundations, galleries...
Page 279 - Little more than a quarter of a century has elapsed, since Parliament first began to legislate for railways. In that period a multitude of laws have been placed upon the statute-book, which will certainly excite the wonder, if they fail to be the admiration, of future ^generations.
Page 125 - Other engines with boilers of a variety of construction, were made, all having in view the increase of the heating surface, as it then became obvious to my father that the speed of the engine could not be increased without increasing the evaporative power of the boiler.
Page 234 - ... with the extinction of man himself. Mr. Cooke, in his turn, touched the keys and returned the answer. ' Never did I feel such a tumultuous sensation before...
Page 123 - 8. The price of the engine which may be accepted, not to exceed £550, delivered on the rail-way; and any engine not approved, to be taken back by the owner.
Page 254 - Edinbro', every other Saturday, or to the black swan in Holborn, every other Monday, at both of which places they may be received in a...
Page 282 - Give us," we say, " a tribunal competent to form a sound opinion. Commit to that tribunal, with any restrictions you think necessary, the whole of the great questions appertaining to our system. Let it protect private interests apart from railways; let it judge of the desirability of all initiatory measures, of all proposals for purchases, amalgamations, or other railway arrangements : delegate to it the power of enforcing such regulations and restrictions as may be thought needful to secure the...