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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. "
The story of the life of George Stephenson, railway engineer. Abridged - Стр. 158
авторы: Samuel Smiles - 1859
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Railway Adventures and Anecdotes: Extending Over More Than Fifty Years

Richard Pike - 1884 - Страниц: 318
...not mind being struck by the flying off or breaking of a wheel What can be more palpably absurd or ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage coaches ! "Wo should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of...
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A Fortnight in Heaven: An Unconventional Romance

James Howard Bridge - 1886 - Страниц: 198
...writing in the Quarterly Review for March 25, 1825, on a projected railway near London, exclaims : " What can be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than...held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage-coaches ! We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off...
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The Romance of Invention: Vignettes from the Annals of Industry and Science

James Burnley - 1886 - Страниц: 420
...publication like the Quarterly Review, when the Woolwich line was projected, scornfully asked, " What could be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than the prospect...held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage-coaches ? " adding, " We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to...
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Hidden Treasures: Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail

Harry A. Lewis - 1887 - Страниц: 534
...from an article which appeared in the Quarterly Review for March, 1825. Among other things it said : "What can be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than...held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as horses. We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one...
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A Chariot of Fire: The Cars in Prophecy & History, with the Wonders of Rapid ...

Daniel T. Taylor - 1888 - Страниц: 176
...projects that interfere with useful establishments ; we scout the idea of a railroad as impracticable. What can be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stage coaches. We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer...
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The Chariots of Fire and Iron: The Modern Railway

Daniel Thompson Taylor - 1888 - Страниц: 176
...projects that interfere with useful establishments ; we scout the idea of a railroad as impracticable. What can be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stage coaches. We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer...
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The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer

Samuel Smiles - 1889 - Страниц: 472
...moving with twice the velocity and with greater safety than ordinary coaches, the reviewer proceeded : " What can be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than...held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage-coaches ! We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off...
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Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Routledge - 1893 - Страниц: 732
...construction of railways, but remarking in reference to a proposed line between London and Woolwich : " What can be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than...held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as s/<?<r coaches! We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to bo fired off...
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Our Railways: Their Origin, Development, Incident and Romance, Том 1

John Pendleton - 1894 - Страниц: 616
...But the struggle was altogether unequal. The Quarterly Review incredulously exclaimed : " What could be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than the prospect...locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage coaches ? " But locomotives soon ran thrice as fast ; and by-and-by many a road was deserted — there was...
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Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Routledge - 1896 - Страниц: 780
...construction of railways, but remarking in reference to a proposed line between London and Woolwich : " What can be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than...out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage conches! We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon...
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