Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York : Henry Holt and company · leaf 278
oat of nine miles an hour, was adopted in 1835 forthe protection of London, in so far as it could be protected JOHN ERICSSON 223 from the riverside; but for a land engine London had towait until i860, thirty-two years after Ericssons demonstra-tion. So much for the official stupidity and inertia… … The Novelty LocomotiveBuilt by Ericsson to compete with Stephensons Rocket, 1829. pounds offered by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.The successful engine was to draw, at ten miles an hour,three times its own weight, which weight was not to ex-ceed six tons; the height of its chimney was…
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