The pictorial press: its origin and progress (1885)
Jackson, Mason · London : Hurst and Blackett · leaf 265
y that at one gate they amountedto eight guineas. Mr. Gurney is said to have expended36,000/. on his enterprise, but without any permanentbeneficial result. His inventive genius, however, con-tributed to develope the high speed of the locomotive andthe subsequent success of railways. He died Feb.… … X CI K ci a Tlie Pictorial .Pr^^.s. 251 to be placed within a largo rolling drum, about nine feet indiameter and fiAe feet Avide, the inside of which should befitted with circular rack-rails fitting the wheels of the steam-engine. Thus the motion of the engine would cause thedrum to roll forward,…
Illustration of books · Newspapers
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
