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... Effect of Resistance of Carriages on Railways - 131 Carriage Breaks - 139 Railway Gradients - 141 Curves on a Line of Railway - - 148 Formation of the Road - 156 Width between the two Lines of Rails - 158 Width of Spaces outside the ...
... Effect of Resistance of Carriages on Railways - 131 Carriage Breaks - 139 Railway Gradients - 141 Curves on a Line of Railway - - 148 Formation of the Road - 156 Width between the two Lines of Rails - 158 Width of Spaces outside the ...
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... effect , or positive gain . The im- portant principle in railway construction becomes therefore , at once apparent - that the more level the way , the straighter and fewer the curves it presents , the less will be the loss of power ...
... effect , or positive gain . The im- portant principle in railway construction becomes therefore , at once apparent - that the more level the way , the straighter and fewer the curves it presents , the less will be the loss of power ...
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... effect on the joint - ends amounts to 121 inch , being an excess nearly of 40 per cent .; but this excess of strain at the joints was in part due to the looseness of the chair and block ; for while the deflectometer only showed the ...
... effect on the joint - ends amounts to 121 inch , being an excess nearly of 40 per cent .; but this excess of strain at the joints was in part due to the looseness of the chair and block ; for while the deflectometer only showed the ...
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... effect of making the carriages as it were constantly ascending an inclined plane , although the line of way is a level . That accidents should arise from causes of this kind , often unsuspected , there admits of little doubt , and shows ...
... effect of making the carriages as it were constantly ascending an inclined plane , although the line of way is a level . That accidents should arise from causes of this kind , often unsuspected , there admits of little doubt , and shows ...
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... effect is nearly lost , from the constant action of heavy loads on the rails , and that the chair bears hard upon the block . The chairs upon most of the principal lines where stone blocks are used , such as the London and Birmingham ...
... effect is nearly lost , from the constant action of heavy loads on the rails , and that the chair bears hard upon the block . The chairs upon most of the principal lines where stone blocks are used , such as the London and Birmingham ...
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