The London Quarterly Review, Volumes 111-112Theodore Foster, 1862 |
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gine or train , the amount of danger that is caused to the passengers varies very often directly as the distance at which he is able to bring his train to a stand ; and that dis- tance depends upon the weight of the train , the speed at ...
gine or train , the amount of danger that is caused to the passengers varies very often directly as the distance at which he is able to bring his train to a stand ; and that dis- tance depends upon the weight of the train , the speed at ...
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... train to a stand ) to a great extent unnecessary . Those breaks save much time in pulling up a train to stop at intermediate stations ; and they form of themselves an admirable means of enabling the guard to attract the attention of the ...
... train to a stand ) to a great extent unnecessary . Those breaks save much time in pulling up a train to stop at intermediate stations ; and they form of themselves an admirable means of enabling the guard to attract the attention of the ...
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... train , or a slow train , or a shunting- train , is therefore kept waiting perhaps for half - an - hour , or until it can wait no longer , in anticipation of the arrival of an express passenger - train . It then blocks the main line by ...
... train , or a slow train , or a shunting- train , is therefore kept waiting perhaps for half - an - hour , or until it can wait no longer , in anticipation of the arrival of an express passenger - train . It then blocks the main line by ...
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... train only is permitted to be upon each length at a time , and an interval of space is absolutely maintained between every two trains , provides the best chance of safety . As the result of the most recent experi- ence in working the trains ...
... train only is permitted to be upon each length at a time , and an interval of space is absolutely maintained between every two trains , provides the best chance of safety . As the result of the most recent experi- ence in working the trains ...
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... train which was proceeding under his general instructions ( though he did not expect it on that particular occasion ) in the opposite direction . On a railway in Staffordshire , the time- tables were found to be so arranged that if they ...
... train which was proceeding under his general instructions ( though he did not expect it on that particular occasion ) in the opposite direction . On a railway in Staffordshire , the time- tables were found to be so arranged that if they ...
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Page 125 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 131 - Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions which, by this confederation, are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state ; and the Union shall be perpetual.
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Page 161 - MISERABLES. By VICTOR HUGO. AUTHORISED COPYRIGHT ENGLISH TRANSLATION. "The merits of *Les Miserables' do not merely consist in the conception of it as a whole; it abounds, page after page, with details of unequalled beauty.
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