The Life of George Stephenson, Railway EngineerFollett, Foster, 1859 - Всего страниц: 513 |
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... hour when most other children of his age were fast asleep in their beds . He was also employed to hoe turnips and do ... miles across the fields from Dewley Burn , the boy walked that distance early in the morning to his work , returning ...
... hour when most other children of his age were fast asleep in their beds . He was also employed to hoe turnips and do ... miles across the fields from Dewley Burn , the boy walked that distance early in the morning to his work , returning ...
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... miles an hour . " The plan , however , was a very crude one , and not even a model of the machine seems to have been made . Towards the end of the last century , the adoption of rail and tram - roads , worked by horses , had become ...
... miles an hour . " The plan , however , was a very crude one , and not even a model of the machine seems to have been made . Towards the end of the last century , the adoption of rail and tram - roads , worked by horses , had become ...
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... miles an hour , and post - chaises and gentlemen's travelling carriages at eight , -both with one horse ; and small stationary steam - engines , placed from distance to distance , might be made , by means of circulating chains , to draw ...
... miles an hour , and post - chaises and gentlemen's travelling carriages at eight , -both with one horse ; and small stationary steam - engines , placed from distance to distance , might be made , by means of circulating chains , to draw ...
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... miles an hour . The boiler of this engine was cylindri- cal , flat at the ends , and constructed of cast - iron . The fur- nace and flue were inside the boiler , within which the single cylinder , of eight inches in diameter and four ...
... miles an hour . The boiler of this engine was cylindri- cal , flat at the ends , and constructed of cast - iron . The fur- nace and flue were inside the boiler , within which the single cylinder , of eight inches in diameter and four ...
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... miles and a quarter per hour . These engines continued for many years to be thus employed in the haul- age of coal , and furnished the first instance of the regular employment of locomotive power for commercial purposes . The Messrs ...
... miles and a quarter per hour . These engines continued for many years to be thus employed in the haul- age of coal , and furnished the first instance of the regular employment of locomotive power for commercial purposes . The Messrs ...
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