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Page 308
... trains at plea- sure , as soon as a train is found to be too heavy , it becomes necessary to attach a second locomotive , which doubles the expense of transportation . When an accident happens to a train going very fast , the mischief ...
... trains at plea- sure , as soon as a train is found to be too heavy , it becomes necessary to attach a second locomotive , which doubles the expense of transportation . When an accident happens to a train going very fast , the mischief ...
Page 312
... train . sert that there is no communication between the engine - man and the train . The barometer , which he has continually before his eyes , ever indicates the power he is exerting over the piston , and the increased or diminished ...
... train . sert that there is no communication between the engine - man and the train . The barometer , which he has continually before his eyes , ever indicates the power he is exerting over the piston , and the increased or diminished ...
Page 314
... train is increased . To so great an extent is the combined action of these defects felt , that when travelling at twenty miles per hour , the effective power of the engine is reduced to half that M. Mallet , in his Report to the French ...
... train is increased . To so great an extent is the combined action of these defects felt , that when travelling at twenty miles per hour , the effective power of the engine is reduced to half that M. Mallet , in his Report to the French ...
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