ON

RAIL-ROADS,

AND

INTERIOR COMMUNICATION IN GENERAL;

WITH

Original Experiments,

AND

TABLES

OF THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF

CANALS AND RAIL-ROADS.

ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS.

BY NICHOLAS WOOD,

COLLIERY VIEWER.

"Every accession which Man gains to his knowledge, is also an accession
"to his power; and extends the limits of his empire over the world
" which he inhabits."

BACON.

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