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" It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world that the ridiculous expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculist will be realised, and that we shall see engines travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen, eighteen, or twenty miles... "
A Practical Treatise on Rail-roads, and Interior Communication in General ... - Page 290
by Nicholas Wood - 1825 - 314 pages
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The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement, Volume 5

Agriculture - 1829 - 786 pages
...Killingsworth, and inserted the following remarks in allusion to the articles in the Scotsman : — ' It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions of the enthusiastic speculatist will be realised, and that we shall see engines travelling ut the rate of twelve, sixteen,...
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A Letter to M. Ricardo, Esq: In Reply to His Letter to Dr. Yates, on the ...

John Vallance - Compressed air - 1827 - 132 pages
...have had daily opportunity of witnessing their performance for nearly eleven years, (Wood) saying, " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculisi will be realised, and that we shall see them (locomotive engines) travelling at the rate...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

1830 - 644 pages
...by railways beyond what they had attained on the Darlington course. His words are very remarkable. " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...professions, of the enthusiastic speculist will be realized, and that we shall see engines (ravelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen, eighteen or twenty...
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The Register of arts, and journal of patent inventions, ed. by L ..., Volume 4

Luke Hebert - 1830 - 378 pages
...his book on railways, after the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, was pleased to say, " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions of the enthusiastic speculatist will be realized, and that we shall see engines travelling at the. rate of tn-elre, sixteen,...
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Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the ...

Meteorology - 1830 - 886 pages
...book on rail-ways, after the opening of the Stockton and Darlington rail-way, was pleased to say, " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions of the enthusiastic speculatist will be realized, and that we shall see engines travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen,...
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The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, Volume 12

Industrial arts - 1830 - 522 pages
...his book on railways, after the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway was pleased to say, " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...ridiculous expectations, or rather professions of (lie enthusiastic speculatist will be realized, and that we shall see engines travelling at the rate...
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Arcana of Science and Art: Or, An Annual Register of Useful Inventions and ...

Industrial arts - 1830 - 318 pages
...Killingsworth, and inserted the following remarks, in allusion to the articles in the Scotsman :,— « It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world that the ridiculous expectations, or rather the professions of the enthusiastic speculatists will be realized, and that we shall see engines travelling...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 12

Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1830 - 512 pages
...his book ou railways, after the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, was pleased to say, " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world that the ridiculous expectations, от rather professions of the enthusiastic speculatist will be realized, and that we shall sec engines...
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American Monthly Review, Issues 13-14

American literature - 1833 - 208 pages
...and circulated of their powers; and though I am of opinion, when made the subject of attention among engineers, they will advance in improvement like other...and that we shall see them travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen, eighteen, or twenty miles an hour ; nothing could do more harm towards their adoption,...
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On the Nature, Properties, and Applications of Steam, and on Steam ...

John Scott Russell - Locomotives - 1841 - 400 pages
...of the Stockton and Darlington railway, published his opinion respecting locomotives as follows : " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world,...expectations, or rather professions of the enthusiastic speculatist, will be realized, and that we shall see engines travelling at the rate of 12, 16, 18,...
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