 | John Francis (of the Bank of England.) - 1851 - Страниц: 332
...assurances we should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to he fired off by one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves...the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate. * * * We will back old father Thames against the Woolwich railway for any sum." Such were the opinions... | |
 | 1852 - Страниц: 302
...the scattered fragments, or dashed in pieces by the flying off or breaking of a wheel. Bnt, with all these assurances, we should as soon expect the people...the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate. Their property they may perhaps trust; but, while one of the finest navigable rivers in the world runs... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow - 1852 - Страниц: 580
...£700,000 to $7,000,000, whilst on the Nashville and Chattanooga road, in selves to be fired upon by one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves...the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate. In the present year, upon the Great Western road in England, 48.2 miles per hour has been attained... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1852 - Страниц: 746
...We should as soon expect, it said, the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired upon by one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves...the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate. In the present year, upon the Great Western Road in England, an average speed of forty-eight miles... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1852 - Страниц: 776
...soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off by one of Congreve's richochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate. . . . We will back old Father Thames against the Woolwich railway for any sum." But the proprietors... | |
 | 1848 - Страниц: 622
...steam-carriage, may delude for a time, but must end in the mortification of those concerned. * * » We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to...the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate/' In that year the common belief was that railways were altogether delusions and impositions. The Liverpool... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1876 - Страниц: 528
...soon expect people to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets as to trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate." The impossible has come to pass so often that whoever declares anything impossible, ought, like the... | |
 | 1856 - Страниц: 632
...the scattered fragments, or dashed in pieces by the flying off, or breaking of a wheel. But, with all these assurances, we should as soon expect the people...the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate." One of the original grounds of opposition to railways, was the dangerous character of the traffic.... | |
 | John Francis Maguire - 1857 - Страниц: 504
...and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage-coaches ? We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to...the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate. We will back old Father Thames against the Woolwich railway for any sum. We trust that Parliament will,... | |
 | John Francis Maguire - 1858 - Страниц: 500
...should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve'a ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate. We will back old Father Thames against the Woolwich railway for any sum. We trust that Parliament will,... | |
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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. 
