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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... weight the wheels of a com- mon carriage would overcome with- out slipping round upon the rail ; and having found the proportion it bore to the weight , they thence as- certained that the weight of the engine would produce sufficient ad ...
... weight the wheels of a com- mon carriage would overcome with- out slipping round upon the rail ; and having found the proportion it bore to the weight , they thence as- certained that the weight of the engine would produce sufficient ad ...
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... weight was sent in twice . The coach - top on which we came was actually rent ; all the springs , when we arrived at Liverpool , were destitute of any elasticity , one of them absolutely broken and the body of the coach resting on the ...
... weight was sent in twice . The coach - top on which we came was actually rent ; all the springs , when we arrived at Liverpool , were destitute of any elasticity , one of them absolutely broken and the body of the coach resting on the ...
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... weight , measuring about eight feet long , four feet broad , and one foot thick , was thrown up by the waves four feet above the usual level of the sea , and such was the violence with which it was projected , that on its coming in ...
... weight , measuring about eight feet long , four feet broad , and one foot thick , was thrown up by the waves four feet above the usual level of the sea , and such was the violence with which it was projected , that on its coming in ...
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... weight of evidence would be all against him ; and even if he were killed , he would be believed to have provoked the conflict by his own rashness . But when the insurgents proposed that the clerk ' should forthwith be taught his proper ...
... weight of evidence would be all against him ; and even if he were killed , he would be believed to have provoked the conflict by his own rashness . But when the insurgents proposed that the clerk ' should forthwith be taught his proper ...
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... weight of carriages , containing forty - seven and three - quarters tons of goods , at the rate of five miles per hour . So much , and no more , could the locomotive of 1829 accomplish . Of course Messrs . Walker and Rastrick 122 [ CH ...
... weight of carriages , containing forty - seven and three - quarters tons of goods , at the rate of five miles per hour . So much , and no more , could the locomotive of 1829 accomplish . Of course Messrs . Walker and Rastrick 122 [ CH ...
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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...