 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...  Dictionary of dates, and universal reference - Page 435by Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1845 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Moses Aaron Richardson - Ballads, English - 1843 - 436 pages
...ground ; and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect £20. per annum for this leave. The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber, from the colliery, down to the river, exactly streight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting... | |
 | English literature - 1844 - 698 pages
...ground, anil so dear, that the owner of a rood of ground will expect 20/. per annum for this leave. The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river exactly straight and parallel, aud bulky carts ure made VOL. LXX1V. NO. tXLVll. Q... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1845 - 862 pages
...ground, and so dear, that the owner of a rood of ground will expect L.20 per annum for this leave. 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... | |
 | American periodicals - 1845 - 636 pages
...annum for this leave. The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of limber 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... | |
 | 1846 - 386 pages
...of these trams, under the date of 1676, by the learned narrator (Charles I I.'s chancellor) : — " The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber...those rails, whereby the carriage is so easy, that oue horse will draw down four or five chaldrons of coal, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants."... | |
 | 1846 - 486 pages
...their ground, and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect 20/. per annum for this leave. 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... | |
 | Henry Glynn - 1847 - 110 pages
...light horse." The next account is in 1676, in the Life of Lord Keeper North, they are thus described, " the manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber...straight and parallel, and bulky carts are made with firm rollers fitting those rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 812 pages
...ground ; and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect 20/. per annum for this leave. 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... | |
 | James Day (engineer.) - 1848 - 240 pages
...Guildford, who was upon the northern circuit in 1676, thus describes the above : — " The manner of carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery...straight and parallel; and bulky carts are made, with rollers fitting those rails, whereby the carriage is so easy, that one horse will draw down four or... | |
 | James Day - Railroad engineering - 1848 - 240 pages
...describes the above : — " The * " Fossil Fuel, the Collieries and Coal Trade," p. 349. manner of carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery...straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made, with rollers fitting those rails, whereby the carriage is so easy, that one horse will draw down four or... | |
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