Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 134
In June, 1856, a train was thrown off the metals of theNorth-Eastern Railway, in consequence of the rails rising up throughexpansion. The distance between the rails in Great Britain is 4 ft. 8| in., that widthhaving been adopted by George Stephenson in the construction of theearlier lines. Brunei,… … Fig. 44.—Section of Rails and Fish-plates. and increased size of carriages for bulky goods. The proposal to adoptthis gauge gave rise to a memorable dispute among engineers, often called The Battle of the Gauges. It was stated that any advantages of thebroad gauge were more than compensated by its…
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