The Life of George Stephenson and of His Son Robert Stephenson: Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway Locomotive |
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... machine , " as the locomotive was de- scribed to be . Indeed , a writer of eminence declared that he would as soon think of being fired off on a ricochet rocket as PREFACE . vii travel on a railway at twice the vi PREFACE .
... machine , " as the locomotive was de- scribed to be . Indeed , a writer of eminence declared that he would as soon think of being fired off on a ricochet rocket as PREFACE . vii travel on a railway at twice the vi PREFACE .
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... Machine . — William Fairbairn , C.E. , and George Stephenson . -Ballast - heaving . - Cottage Chimney takes fire . - Birth of his son Robert . - Re- moval to West Moor , Killingworth . - Death of his Wife . - Appointed Engine - man at ...
... Machine . — William Fairbairn , C.E. , and George Stephenson . -Ballast - heaving . - Cottage Chimney takes fire . - Birth of his son Robert . - Re- moval to West Moor , Killingworth . - Death of his Wife . - Appointed Engine - man at ...
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... Machine . - William Fairbairn , C. E. , and George Stephenson . -Ballast - heaving . — Cottage Chimney takes fire . — Birth of his son Robert . - Re- moval to West Moor , Killingworth . - Death of his Wife . - Appointed Engine - man at ...
... Machine . - William Fairbairn , C. E. , and George Stephenson . -Ballast - heaving . — Cottage Chimney takes fire . — Birth of his son Robert . - Re- moval to West Moor , Killingworth . - Death of his Wife . - Appointed Engine - man at ...
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... machines , and engines so greatly increased the productive wealth of the nation - that some forty years since it was found that these roads and canals , numerous and excellent though they might be , were altogether inadequate for the ...
... machines , and engines so greatly increased the productive wealth of the nation - that some forty years since it was found that these roads and canals , numerous and excellent though they might be , were altogether inadequate for the ...
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... machine , it proved worthless , for the wind could not be depended upon for land locomotion . The coach could not tack as the ship did . Sometimes the wind did not blow at all , while at other times it blew a hurricane . After being ...
... machine , it proved worthless , for the wind could not be depended upon for land locomotion . The coach could not tack as the ship did . Sometimes the wind did not blow at all , while at other times it blew a hurricane . After being ...
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Page 57 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air ; — Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move, Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud.
Page 261 - What can be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stage-coaches ! We would 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.
Page iv - England has erected no churches, no hospitals, no palaces, no schools ; England has built no bridges, made no high roads, cut no navigations, dug out no reservoirs. Every other conqueror of every other description has left some monument, either of state or beneficence, behind him. Were we to be driven out of India this day, nothing would remain to tell that it had been possessed, during the inglorious period of our dominion, by any thing better than the ourang-outang or the tiger.
Page 177 - November, 1815, he read before the Royal Society of London his celebrated paper " On the Firedamp of Coal Mines, and on Methods of Lighting the Mine so as to prevent its Explosion.
Page 310 - A mercurial gauge must be affixed to the machine, showing the steam pressure above forty-five pounds per square inch. 7. The engine must be delivered, complete and ready for trial, at the Liverpool end of the railway, not later than the 1st of October, 1829. 8. The price of the engine must not exceed £550.
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Page 234 - ... for the king and all his subjects. The time, is coming when it will be cheaper for a working man to travel on a railway than to walk on foot. I know there are great and almost insurmountable difficulties to be encountered, but what I have said will come to pass as sure as you now hear me.
Page 65 - I wish William could be brought to do as we do, to mind the business in hand, and let such as Symington and Sadler throw away their time and money in hunting shadows.
Page 395 - I said to my friends that there was no limit to the speed of such an engine, provided the works could be made to stand.
Page 409 - Mr. Hudson was voted praises, testimonials, and surplus shares, alike liberally ; and scarcely a word against him could find a hearing. He was equally popular outside the circle of railway proprietors. His entertainments at Albert Gate were crowded ; and he went his round of visits among the peerage like any prince.