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Page 309
... hour , or every half hour , each way , during the day , ( say of twelve hours , ) amounting to one hundred and forty - four miles . Now to work this distance by a locomotive engine , at the moderate estimate of Is . 4d . per mile ...
... hour , or every half hour , each way , during the day , ( say of twelve hours , ) amounting to one hundred and forty - four miles . Now to work this distance by a locomotive engine , at the moderate estimate of Is . 4d . per mile ...
Page 313
... hour , on a level of one in the speed from this cause , the greater would be the compression of the air - in fact the power to resist it . This beautiful operation of a principle of nature , so simple and self - adjusting , will be in ...
... hour , on a level of one in the speed from this cause , the greater would be the compression of the air - in fact the power to resist it . This beautiful operation of a principle of nature , so simple and self - adjusting , will be in ...
Page 317
... hour ; total time of journey , 6 min . 2 sec . " Journey D. - Gross load 30 tons ; maximum speed during trip for 2 chains was = 51.5 miles per hour ; time at passing 1 mile - post 2 min . 57 sec .; total time of journey , 3 min . 24 sec ...
... hour ; total time of journey , 6 min . 2 sec . " Journey D. - Gross load 30 tons ; maximum speed during trip for 2 chains was = 51.5 miles per hour ; time at passing 1 mile - post 2 min . 57 sec .; total time of journey , 3 min . 24 sec ...
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