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The Locomotive Samuel Smiles. INTRODUCTION . SINCE the appearance of this book in its original form , some seventeen years since , the construction of Railways has continued to make extraordinary progress . Although Great Britain , first ...
The Locomotive Samuel Smiles. INTRODUCTION . SINCE the appearance of this book in its original form , some seventeen years since , the construction of Railways has continued to make extraordinary progress . Although Great Britain , first ...
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... original first - class compartments being seated for four passengers only . Everything was found to have been in the first instance made too light and too slight . The prize ' Rocket , ' which weighed only 4tons when loaded with its ...
... original first - class compartments being seated for four passengers only . Everything was found to have been in the first instance made too light and too slight . The prize ' Rocket , ' which weighed only 4tons when loaded with its ...
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... original form , was to describe , in connection . with the Life of George Stephenson , ' the origin and progress of the railway system , -to show by what moral and material agencies its founders were enabled to carry their ideas into ...
... original form , was to describe , in connection . with the Life of George Stephenson , ' the origin and progress of the railway system , -to show by what moral and material agencies its founders were enabled to carry their ideas into ...
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The Locomotive Samuel Smiles. 19 LIFE OF GEORGE STEPHENSON , & c . CHAPTER I. NEWCASTLE - UPON - TYNE AND THE HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE . [ By R. P. Leitch , after his original drawing . ] Map of Newcastle District . Coal - Staith on the.
The Locomotive Samuel Smiles. 19 LIFE OF GEORGE STEPHENSON , & c . CHAPTER I. NEWCASTLE - UPON - TYNE AND THE HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE . [ By R. P. Leitch , after his original drawing . ] Map of Newcastle District . Coal - Staith on the.
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... pay any regard to the man's evidence , as he must be insane . A litt'e explanation by the foreman , however , satisfied his lordship that the original state- ment was correct . CHAP 1 ] EARLY TRAMROADS 5 of coke - ovens.
... pay any regard to the man's evidence , as he must be insane . A litt'e explanation by the foreman , however , satisfied his lordship that the original state- ment was correct . CHAP 1 ] EARLY TRAMROADS 5 of coke - ovens.
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