ed in the guard of the slide. These having been able to carry out the idea. shown at the exposition, one of the most curious and grooves gradually lessen the velocity of the water, and This idea of a sliding railway had about fallen into interesting was undoubtedly the sliding railway ope- a… … place the locomotive with a stationary machine that The joints, too, form a great difficulty by reason of secures traction through a cable. Finally, such ma- the necessity of securing a tight continuity of the suc- M. GIRARD, INVENTOR OF THE SLIDING RAILWAY. chines can be actuated through the use…
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