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An Historical and Practical Treatise Upon Elemental Locomotion, by Means of ... - Page 35
by Alexander Gordon - 1832 - 192 pages
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The Emporium of Arts and Sciences, Volume 2

John Redman Coxe, Thomas Cooper - Industrial arts - 1813 - 532 pages
...good turnpike roads, on my own account, if no other person will engage in it ; and I do verily believe that the time will come when carriages propelled by...transportation of passengers as goods, travelling at ihi rate of fifteen miles an hour, or 300 miles per day'. It appears necessary to give the reader some...
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The Technical repository, by T. Gill, Volume 4

Thomas Gill (patent-agent) - 1823 - 492 pages
...good turnpike roads, on my own account, if no other person will engage in it; and I verily believe, that the time will come, when carriages, propelled...at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, or 300 miles per day ! It appears necessary to give the reader some idea of the principles of the steam-engine which...
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History of the Steam Engine: From Its First Invention to the Present Time

Elijah Galloway - Steam-engines - 1826 - 250 pages
...my own account, if no other person will engage in it ; and I verily believe that the time will coine when carriages, propelled by steam, will be in general...of passengers as goods; travelling at the rate of 15 miles an hour, or 300 miles a day! " It appears necessary to give the reader some idea of the principles...
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History and Progress of the Steam Engine: With a Practical Investigation of ...

Elijah Galloway - Steam-engines - 1829 - 890 pages
...good turnpike roads, on my own account, if no other person will engage in it; and I verily believe that the time will come when carriages, propelled...of passengers as goods; travelling at the rate of 15 miles an hour, or 300 miles a day! " It appears necessary to give the reader some idea of the principles...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 12

Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1830 - 512 pages
...possible, that he did not hesitate to predict " the iime would come when carnages propelled by slcam would be in general use, as well for the transportation...travelling at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, or thirty miles per day !" The persons who next to Evans have most distinguished themselves in connexion...
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The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, Volume 12

Industrial arts - 1830 - 522 pages
...hesitate to predict " the lime would come when carriages propelled by steam would be in general use, ajj well for the transportation of passengers as goods,...travelling at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, or thirty miles per day !" The persons who next to Evans have most distinguished themselves in connexion...
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Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, Volume 16

Pennsylvania - 1835 - 472 pages
...good turnpike roads, on my own account, if no other person will engage in it; and I do verily believe that the time will come when carriages propelled by...transportation of passengers as goods, travelling at the rite of fifteen miles an hour, or 300 miles per day. It appears necessary to give the reader some idea...
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A Treatise Upon Elemental Locomotion, and Interior Communication, Wherein ...

Alexander Gordon - Communication and traffic - 1834 - 376 pages
...having been presented to the legislature of Maryland, that legislature, upon the argument that the grant could injure no one, conferred upon Evans, for a term...at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, or 300 miles a day, on good turnpike-roads." In the year 1784, Mr. James Watt took out a patent, amongst other improvements...
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Niles' Weekly Register, Volume 48

United States - 1835 - 490 pages
...good turnpike roads, on my own account, if no other person will engage in it; and I do verily believe that the time will come when carriages propelled by steam will be in general tue, as well for the transportation of passengers as goods, travelling at the rate of fifteen miles...
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Memoir of Samuel Slater: The Father of American Manufactures : Connected ...

George Savage White - Cotton - 1836 - 636 pages
...good turnpike roads, on my own account, if no other person will engage in it; and I do verily believe that the time will come when carriages propelled by...well for the transportation of passengers as goods, traveling at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, or three hundred miles per day. It appears necessary...
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