Lives of the Engineers: With an Account of Their Principal Works, Том 3J. Murray, 1862 |
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... laid down . This led to the enlargement of the vehicle , which became known as a waggon , and was mounted on four wheels instead of two . A local writer about the middle of the seventeenth century says , " Many thousand people are ...
... laid down . This led to the enlargement of the vehicle , which became known as a waggon , and was mounted on four wheels instead of two . A local writer about the middle of the seventeenth century says , " Many thousand people are ...
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... laid , a single horse was capable of drawing a large loaded waggon from the coal - pit to the shipping staith . Roger North , in 1676 , found the practice had become extensively adopted , and he speaks of the large sum then paid for way ...
... laid , a single horse was capable of drawing a large loaded waggon from the coal - pit to the shipping staith . Roger North , in 1676 , found the practice had become extensively adopted , and he speaks of the large sum then paid for way ...
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... laid down to form a road . In 1776 , a cast - iron tramway , nailed to wooden sleepers , was laid down at the Duke of Norfolk's col- liery near Sheffield . The person who designed and constructed this coal line was Mr. John Curr , whose ...
... laid down to form a road . In 1776 , a cast - iron tramway , nailed to wooden sleepers , was laid down at the Duke of Norfolk's col- liery near Sheffield . The person who designed and constructed this coal line was Mr. John Curr , whose ...
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... was ordered to be " laid in , " and old Robert and his family were again under the necessity of shifting their home ; for , to use the common phrase , they must " follow the wark . " 200 CHAPTER III . NEWBURN AND CALLERTON - LEARNS TO.
... was ordered to be " laid in , " and old Robert and his family were again under the necessity of shifting their home ; for , to use the common phrase , they must " follow the wark . " 200 CHAPTER III . NEWBURN AND CALLERTON - LEARNS TO.
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... laid along- side . When filled , a train of these is dragged to the summit of the Ballast Hill , where they are run out , and their contents emptied on to the monstrous accumu- lation of earth , chalk , and Thames mud already laid there ...
... laid along- side . When filled , a train of these is dragged to the summit of the Ballast Hill , where they are run out , and their contents emptied on to the monstrous accumu- lation of earth , chalk , and Thames mud already laid there ...
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Стр. 245 - The entire performance excited the greatest astonishment amongst the assembled spectators ; the directors felt confident that their enterprise was now on the eve of success ; and George Stephenson rejoiced to think that in spite of all false prophets and fickle counsellors, his locomotive system was now safe. When the
Стр. 184 - What can be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage-coaches! We would 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.
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Стр. 193 - Locomotive engines are liable to be operated upon by the weather. You are told they are affected by rain, and an attempt has been made to cover them ; but the wind will affect them ; and any gale of wind which would affect the traffic on the Mersey would render it impossible to set off a locomotive engine, either by poking of the fire, or keeping up the pressure of the steam till the boiler was ready to burst.
Стр. 187 - But I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined not to be put down.
Стр. 159 - I only wish 1 may live to see the day, though that I can scarcely hope for, as I know how slow all human progress is, and with what difficulty I have been able to get the locomotive adopted, notwithstanding my more than ten years' successful experiment at Killingworth.
Стр. 148 - 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. 245 - The engine then started on its journey, dragging after it about thirteen tons weight in waggons, and made the first ten trips backwards and forwards along the two miles of road, running the thirty-five miles, including stoppages, in an hour and forty-eight minutes. The second ten trips were in like manner performed in two hours and three minutes. The maximum velocity attained...
Стр. 279 - During the railway-making period the navvy wandered about from one public work to another, apparently belonging to no country and having no home. He usually wore a white felt hat with the brim turned up, a velveteen or jean square-tailed coat, a scarlet plush waistcoat with little black spots, and a bright-colored kerchief round his Herculean neck, when, as often happened, it was not left entirely bare.