The Life of George Stephenson, Railway EngineerJ. Murray, 1858 - Всего страниц: 557 This biography discusses the life of George Stephenson. He improved on the earlier steam-powered locomotive designs by using flanged-wheel adhesion on his locomotive, the Bl?cher. He also built the Locomotion, the train of choice on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. That railway was the first public steam railway in the world and had considerable influence on the wide-spread use of trains. His train Rocket won the Rainhill Trials, a competition for locomotions of the time. He continued to make larger, better-running trains throughout his life. |
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... rail- way system . Indeed , he has been so closely identified with its origin , progress , and eventual establishment on a sound practical basis , that his life may be said to include the history of Railway Locomotion almost down to the ...
... rail- way system . Indeed , he has been so closely identified with its origin , progress , and eventual establishment on a sound practical basis , that his life may be said to include the history of Railway Locomotion almost down to the ...
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... Rail and Chair . - Invents Steam Springs . - Experiments on Friction and Gravity . Views on Flat Gradients . - Superiority of Iron Roads over Paved Roads -- - 135-146 CHAP . XIII . - His Self - education continued . Views on Education ...
... Rail and Chair . - Invents Steam Springs . - Experiments on Friction and Gravity . Views on Flat Gradients . - Superiority of Iron Roads over Paved Roads -- - 135-146 CHAP . XIII . - His Self - education continued . Views on Education ...
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... Rails adopted . The Gauge of the Railway settled . The Tractive Power to be employed . Anticipations of Railway Results . Public Opening of the Line . -The " Experiment . " — Rival Coach Companies . — Race between Locomotive and Coach ...
... Rails adopted . The Gauge of the Railway settled . The Tractive Power to be employed . Anticipations of Railway Results . Public Opening of the Line . -The " Experiment . " — Rival Coach Companies . — Race between Locomotive and Coach ...
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... rails , laid down for the easier guidance of waggons in which coal was hauled from the pit to the shipping place . This germ of the modern railroad , planted by some unknown hand , grew to maturity gradually and slowly . Progress , in ...
... rails , laid down for the easier guidance of waggons in which coal was hauled from the pit to the shipping place . This germ of the modern railroad , planted by some unknown hand , grew to maturity gradually and slowly . Progress , in ...
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... rails were first laid down by one Master Beaumont * between his coal pits , near Newcastle , and the staiths by the river side , probably about the year 1630. On these rails a large loaded waggon could be drawn by one horse . The same ...
... rails were first laid down by one Master Beaumont * between his coal pits , near Newcastle , and the staiths by the river side , probably about the year 1630. On these rails a large loaded waggon could be drawn by one horse . The same ...
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