The life of George Stephenson, railway engineerJohn Murray, Albermarle Street, 1858 - Всего страниц: 486 |
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... eminently signifi- number of passengers conveyed by railway , inted to not less than 129,347,592 ; and of n one - half travelled by third - class trains , at average PREFACE . an average cost of eight - tenths iv PREFACE .
... eminently signifi- number of passengers conveyed by railway , inted to not less than 129,347,592 ; and of n one - half travelled by third - class trains , at average PREFACE . an average cost of eight - tenths iv PREFACE .
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... passengers not exceeding one penny farthing per mile . The safety with which this im- mense traffic was conducted is not the least remarkable feature of the system ; for it appears , from Captain Galton's report to the Board of Trade ...
... passengers not exceeding one penny farthing per mile . The safety with which this im- mense traffic was conducted is not the least remarkable feature of the system ; for it appears , from Captain Galton's report to the Board of Trade ...
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... Passenger Engine . Government and Railways . - Joint Stock Companies . - New Railways projected and made . — The London and Birmingham Railway . The Kilsby Tunnel . - Excess in the Cost of Construction beyond the Estimates . - Magnitude ...
... Passenger Engine . Government and Railways . - Joint Stock Companies . - New Railways projected and made . — The London and Birmingham Railway . The Kilsby Tunnel . - Excess in the Cost of Construction beyond the Estimates . - Magnitude ...
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... passengers , & c . , from one place to another , without horses , and by the power or force of steam only . " Mr. Allen proceeded upon the idea that if steam could be applied to the turning of wheels for one purpose , such as grinding ...
... passengers , & c . , from one place to another , without horses , and by the power or force of steam only . " Mr. Allen proceeded upon the idea that if steam could be applied to the turning of wheels for one purpose , such as grinding ...
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... passengers . " Stage- coaches , " he said , " might be made to go at six miles an hour , and post - chaises and gentlemen's travelling carriages at eight , both with one horse ; and small stationary steam - engines , placed from ...
... passengers . " Stage- coaches , " he said , " might be made to go at six miles an hour , and post - chaises and gentlemen's travelling carriages at eight , both with one horse ; and small stationary steam - engines , placed from ...
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Стр. 529 - We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate.
Стр. 59 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber, from the colliery, down to the river, exactly streight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
Стр. 415 - It was not an easy task for me to keep the engine down to ten miles an hour, but it must be done, and I did my best.
Стр. 414 - I said to my friends that there was no limit to the speed of such an engine, provided the works could be made to stand.
Стр. 214 - It is possible that roads paved with iron may hereafter be employed for the purpose of expeditious travelling, since there is scarcely any resistance to be overcome, except that of the air; and such roads will allow the velocity to be increased almost without limit.
Стр. 161 - It was set forth in the preamble that these different lines " will be of great public utility, by facilitating the conveyance of coal, iron, lime, corn, and other commodities, from the interior of the county of Durham...
Стр. 268 - The engine, with water, must not weigh more than six tons ; but an engine of less weight would be preferred on its drawing a proportionate load behind it ; if of only four and a half tons, then it might be put on only four wheels.
Стр. 528 - It is certainly some consolation to those who are to be whirled at the rate of eighteen or twenty miles an hour, by means of a high pressure engine, to be told that they are in no danger of being seasick while on shore ; that they are not to be scalded to death nor drowned by the bursting of the boiler; and that they need not mind being shot by the scattered fragments, or dashed...
Стр. 215 - It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world that the ridiculous expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculist will be realised, and that we shall see engines travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen, eighteen, or twenty miles an hour. Nothing could do more harm towards their general adoption and improvement than the promulgation of such nonsense.
Стр. 112 - Air, when rendered impure by the combustion of a candle, but in which the candle will still burn, will not explode the gas from the mines ; and when a lamp or candle is made to burn in a close vessel having apertures only above and below, an explosive mixture of gas admitted merely enlarges the light, and then gradually extinguishes it without explosion. Again, — the gas mixed in any proportion with common air, I have discovered, will not explode in a small tube, the diameter of which is less than...