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Page xvi
... adopted to ensure safety , others equally ingenious are adopted to en- sure speed . In the case of express and mail trains , the frequent stopping of the engines to take in a fresh supply of water occasions a considerable loss of time ...
... adopted to ensure safety , others equally ingenious are adopted to en- sure speed . In the case of express and mail trains , the frequent stopping of the engines to take in a fresh supply of water occasions a considerable loss of time ...
Page xxxi
... adoption of the Cheap Postage system ; and that such accommodation was needed . will be obvious from the extraordinary increase which has taken place in the number of letters and packets sent by post . Thus , in 1839 , the number of ...
... adoption of the Cheap Postage system ; and that such accommodation was needed . will be obvious from the extraordinary increase which has taken place in the number of letters and packets sent by post . Thus , in 1839 , the number of ...
Page 5
... adopted , and he speaks of the large sums then paid for way- leaves ; that is , the permission granted by the owners of lands lying between the coal - pit and the river - side to lay down a tramway between the one and the other . A ...
... adopted , and he speaks of the large sums then paid for way- leaves ; that is , the permission granted by the owners of lands lying between the coal - pit and the river - side to lay down a tramway between the one and the other . A ...
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... adopted it early , and thereby met the fate of men before their age ; for his plan was opposed by the labouring people of the colliery , who got up a riot in which they tore up the road and burnt the coal - staith , whilst Mr. Curr fled ...
... adopted it early , and thereby met the fate of men before their age ; for his plan was opposed by the labouring people of the colliery , who got up a riot in which they tore up the road and burnt the coal - staith , whilst Mr. Curr fled ...
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... adopted an expedient which put a stop to the opposition . He called upon Stephenson to " come into the brake- house , and take hold of the machine . " Locke , as usual , sat down , and the working of the pit was stopped . When requested ...
... adopted an expedient which put a stop to the opposition . He called upon Stephenson to " come into the brake- house , and take hold of the machine . " Locke , as usual , sat down , and the working of the pit was stopped . When requested ...
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Lives of the Engineers George and Robert Stephenson: The Locomotive Samuel Smiles, Jr No preview available - 2015 |
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