English Pleasure Carriages: Their Origin, History, Varieties, Materials, Construction, Defects, Improvements, and Capabilities: with an Analysis of the Construction of Common Roads and Railroads, and the Public Vehicles Used on Them; Together with Descriptions of New Inventions ... |
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... Action.- Hydrostatical Ac- tion . Automatical Action . — Ponderatical Action . - Geometrical Forms in Carriages . 1 56 CHAPTER IV . Materials of Wheel Carriages . Animal : - Hides.- Skins.- Hair . - Wool.- Silk . — Glue . — Whalebone ...
... Action.- Hydrostatical Ac- tion . Automatical Action . — Ponderatical Action . - Geometrical Forms in Carriages . 1 56 CHAPTER IV . Materials of Wheel Carriages . Animal : - Hides.- Skins.- Hair . - Wool.- Silk . — Glue . — Whalebone ...
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... action of the limbs . So long as the muscles continue elastic , the act of walking is a source of pleasure ; but when they become languid and relaxed , it is a source of pain . The frequent necessity of continuing locomotion after the ...
... action of the limbs . So long as the muscles continue elastic , the act of walking is a source of pleasure ; but when they become languid and relaxed , it is a source of pain . The frequent necessity of continuing locomotion after the ...
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... Action.- Hydrostatical Ac- Automatical Action.- Ponderatical Action . - Geometrical Forms in Carriages . tion . A WHEEL CARRIAGE moved by internal action , as when steam power is combined with it , may be defined— a primary machine for ...
... Action.- Hydrostatical Ac- Automatical Action.- Ponderatical Action . - Geometrical Forms in Carriages . tion . A WHEEL CARRIAGE moved by internal action , as when steam power is combined with it , may be defined— a primary machine for ...
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... action of his muscles , which serve to throw his body forward , as when he first bends and then straightens his limbs ; and part of it in gravity , as when he hangs his body forward against the traces after the expansive muscular action ...
... action of his muscles , which serve to throw his body forward , as when he first bends and then straightens his limbs ; and part of it in gravity , as when he hangs his body forward against the traces after the expansive muscular action ...
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... action in the form of wind upon mills , and also in its com- pressibility ; the latter , by its downward action in the pis- ton of an atmospheric steam - engine , when the steam which served by its elastic force to raise the piston has ...
... action in the form of wind upon mills , and also in its com- pressibility ; the latter , by its downward action in the pis- ton of an atmospheric steam - engine , when the steam which served by its elastic force to raise the piston has ...
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