Description of a Railway on a New Principle: With Observations on Those Hitherto Constructed. And a Table, Shewing the Comparative Amount of Resistance on Several Now in Use. Also an Illustration of a Newly Observed Fact Relating to the Friction of Axles, and a Description of an Improved Dynamometer, for Ascertaining the Resistance of Floating Vessels and Carriages Moving on Roads and Railways |
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