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... half way through the sleeper . The rails are generally six feet long , and the sleepers laid two feet apart ; the ends of the two rails meet together upon the same sleeper , as at c'e ' ; and the two pins being driven into the same ...
... half way through the sleeper . The rails are generally six feet long , and the sleepers laid two feet apart ; the ends of the two rails meet together upon the same sleeper , as at c'e ' ; and the two pins being driven into the same ...
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... half an inch , to five eighths of an inch thick ; it is cut off obliquely at the ends , to prevent the jarring of the wheels , by square joints ; and is fastened to the rails by iron spikes , mostly about four and a half inches long ...
... half an inch , to five eighths of an inch thick ; it is cut off obliquely at the ends , to prevent the jarring of the wheels , by square joints ; and is fastened to the rails by iron spikes , mostly about four and a half inches long ...
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... half the depth , into which is inserted a wooden plug , shewn at g , Fig . 8 , and an iron pin , b , is then driven into this plug through the hole in the rails ; which pin , having a bevelled head , fastens them down to the stone , one ...
... half the depth , into which is inserted a wooden plug , shewn at g , Fig . 8 , and an iron pin , b , is then driven into this plug through the hole in the rails ; which pin , having a bevelled head , fastens them down to the stone , one ...
Page 28
... . It consists of a bar of cast iron , from three to four feet long , and about one half or three quarters of an inch thick , swelling out at the upper part to two or two inches and 28 DESCRIPTION OF RAILS . 3 Ditto Edge Rail Ditto.
... . It consists of a bar of cast iron , from three to four feet long , and about one half or three quarters of an inch thick , swelling out at the upper part to two or two inches and 28 DESCRIPTION OF RAILS . 3 Ditto Edge Rail Ditto.
Page 29
... half ; after keeping this breadth a little way down , as shewn in the drawing , it is made to diminish gradually to three quarters of an inch , and finally to half an inch , near the bottom at c . This was the section of them for a long ...
... half ; after keeping this breadth a little way down , as shewn in the drawing , it is made to diminish gradually to three quarters of an inch , and finally to half an inch , near the bottom at c . This was the section of them for a long ...
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ascertain axle bearing blocks boiler breadth case-hardened cast cast-iron rails chair coals connecting rod conveyance conveyed cross drains curve cylinder Darlington depth descending diameter drag driving wheels edge rail edge-rail effect elliptic embankment empty carriages equal experiments fastened fixed flanch frame friction Grand Junction railway half hole horses inclination inclined plane increased Killingworth laid length line of railway line of road Liverpool and Manchester loaded carriages locomotive engines Manchester railway miles an hour miles per hour motion moving Newcastle Observed deflection parallel rail passengers Permanent deflection piston plane Plate point rails pounds per yard pressure quantity railroad railway bars rate of speed resistance rest riages roll rope sheeves shew shewn in Fig side sleepers springs square inch steam stone surface Swiftsure TABLE tion tons travelling tube velocity waggons wedge wheels width wooden wrought wrought-iron rails
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