 The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight 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...  Littell's Living Age - Стр. 3371845Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1882 - Страниц: 1152
...history, and are thus described: The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery to the river, exactly straight and parallel; and bulky carts are made with four rollers fitting those rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or... | |
 | Frederick Smeeton Williams - 1883 - Страниц: 548
...will expect £20 per annum for this leave. The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight...the carriage is so easy, that one horse will draw four or five chaldrons of coals, and is of immense benefit to the coal merchants." The hard, smooth,... | |
 | Henry Martyn Chance - 1883 - Страниц: 716
...below singularly resembles the present practice : "The manner of carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight...whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will *Except Proo. Eng. Club of Philadelphia, Vol. II, No. I. draw down four or five chaldron of coals,... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1883 - Страниц: 472
...will expect 20/. per annum for this leave. The manner of the carriage is, by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river exactly straight and parallel, and bulky carts are made with four rovrlets fitting these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down some four... | |
 | Henry John Wale - 1883 - Страниц: 430
...: — " The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery (near Newcastle) to the river, exactly straight and parallel, and bulky carts are made with four rollers fitting those rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or... | |
 | Henry John Wale - 1883 - Страниц: 400
...: — " The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery (near Newcastle) to the river, exactly straight and parallel, and bulky carts are made with four rollers fitting those rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or... | |
 | Henry Sturgis Drinker - 1883 - Страниц: 444
...circuit that year, thus describes them : * " The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky care are made with four rowlets fitting these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse... | |
 | Richard Smith Elliott - 1883 - Страниц: 358
...Newcastle, England, in 1630. Roger North describes these roads and rolling-stock in 1676: " Rails of timber from the colliery down to the river exactly straight and parallel, and carts made with four rowlets fitting these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will... | |
 | Richard Pike - 1884 - Страниц: 304
...will expect £20 per annum for this leave. The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river exactly straight...whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants." B SIR ISAAC NEWTON... | |
 | Richard Pike - 1884 - Страниц: 318
...will expect £20 per annum for this leave. The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river exactly straight...whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants." In a tract by the... | |
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