Railways; Their Rise, Progress, and Construction: With Remarks on Railway Accidents, and Proposals for Their Prevention |
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... importance to the interests of the human race , must make every consideration affecting the construction , working , and ... important changes in this country in so short a period as thirty years , through the medium of steam as a motive ...
... importance to the interests of the human race , must make every consideration affecting the construction , working , and ... important changes in this country in so short a period as thirty years , through the medium of steam as a motive ...
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... importance appears to have been attached to the railway principle of traction , which hitherto had been confined entirely to the carriage of minerals . It has been stated that the first public railway in England was the one constructed ...
... importance appears to have been attached to the railway principle of traction , which hitherto had been confined entirely to the carriage of minerals . It has been stated that the first public railway in England was the one constructed ...
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... importance were the improvements made by Mr. Le Caan . In the year 1801 an act of parliament was obtained for making the Surrey iron railway . It extended from Wandsworth , on the Thames , near London , to Croydon , a distance of 6 ...
... importance were the improvements made by Mr. Le Caan . In the year 1801 an act of parliament was obtained for making the Surrey iron railway . It extended from Wandsworth , on the Thames , near London , to Croydon , a distance of 6 ...
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... important advan- tages to the railway system , and that he gave a decided preference to malleable iron , formed in bars from 12 to 15 feet in length , with flat sides , and parallel edges . Subsequent events have fully proved the truth ...
... important advan- tages to the railway system , and that he gave a decided preference to malleable iron , formed in bars from 12 to 15 feet in length , with flat sides , and parallel edges . Subsequent events have fully proved the truth ...
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... important , however , for understanding properly the construc- of railways , to have a clear conception of the different methods which have been adopted in laying down the rails on different railways . After the formation of the road ...
... important , however , for understanding properly the construc- of railways , to have a clear conception of the different methods which have been adopted in laying down the rails on different railways . After the formation of the road ...
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