d is only 186.35 feet per minute, and the maxi- sary momentum to overcome the inertia of the car sta- feats in Swiss railroad engineering. mum gradient in three miles is 48 in 100. There is The track has a striking resemblance to a ladder, so tionary at the lower station. As the car descends, one… … which also has a maximum gradient of 60 in 100, is is very rugged, abounding with small, sharp ravines, placement of the water coincides with the weight of the 12,795 feet in length and occupies 50 minutes to nego- through which the mountain torrents rush toward the cable, which lengthens as the…
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