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... boiler , and the annoyance caused to travel- lers , on public roads , by the peculiar noise of the machinery , and by the escape of smoke and waste steam , which were supposed to be inseparable accompaniments . It being also in charge ...
... boiler , and the annoyance caused to travel- lers , on public roads , by the peculiar noise of the machinery , and by the escape of smoke and waste steam , which were supposed to be inseparable accompaniments . It being also in charge ...
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... boilers of the several engines described , vary most materially in form , yet that each has been found fully to answer the expectation of its inventor . So well , in fact , have their experiments succeeded , that in each case where the ...
... boilers of the several engines described , vary most materially in form , yet that each has been found fully to answer the expectation of its inventor . So well , in fact , have their experiments succeeded , that in each case where the ...
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... boiler which has been adopted . These boilers expose a very considerable surface to the fire , and steam is generated with the greatest rapidity . From their peculiar form , the requi- site supply of steam depends on its continued and ...
... boiler which has been adopted . These boilers expose a very considerable surface to the fire , and steam is generated with the greatest rapidity . From their peculiar form , the requi- site supply of steam depends on its continued and ...
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... boiler and machinery to an extent which might be dan- gerous to the passengers , and very detrimental to the success of steam travel- ling , as the public will easily be led to believe , that the accidents really oc- curring from ...
... boiler and machinery to an extent which might be dan- gerous to the passengers , and very detrimental to the success of steam travel- ling , as the public will easily be led to believe , that the accidents really oc- curring from ...
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... boiler will be seen in No. 2. The boiler itself is not represented on the carriage in this drawing , but simply the engine , and the modes of propelling the carriage . This was in the year 1825. It was then a very prevalent opinion that ...
... boiler will be seen in No. 2. The boiler itself is not represented on the carriage in this drawing , but simply the engine , and the modes of propelling the carriage . This was in the year 1825. It was then a very prevalent opinion that ...
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Page 7 - ... 2. That at this rate they have conveyed upwards of fourteen passengers. 3. That their weight, including engine, fuel, water, and attendants, may be under three tons. 4. That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable inclination with facility and safety.
Page 124 - Payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and every of us, jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and every of them, firmly by these Presents.
Page 279 - Committee to believe that the substitution of inanimate for animal power, in draught on common roads, is one of the most important improvements in the means of internal communication ever introduced. Its practicability they consider to have been fully established ; its general adoption will take place more or less rapidly, in proportion as the attention of scientific men shall be drawn by public encouragement to further improvement.
Page 13 - ... containing the same shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized by any officer of the fishery : ********* XL.
Page 215 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber, from the colliery, down to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
Page 19 - ... every such person so offending shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds to any person who shall sue for the same...
Page 48 - An Act to repeal the Duties of Customs payable in Great Britain, and to grant other Duties in lieu thereof...
Page 82 - ... our heirs, executors, and administrators, and every of them, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals.
Page 57 - Perhaps one of the principal advantages resulting from the use of steam will be, that it may be employed as cheaply at a quick as at a slow rate ; ' this is one of the advantages over horse labour, which becomes more and more expensive, as the speed is increased. There is every reason to expect, that in the end, the rate of travelling by steam will be much quicker than the utmost speed of travelling by horses ; in short, the safety to travellers will become the limit to speed.
Page 5 - Assembly; be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, his heirs and successors, by...