The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world .. (1839)
London : J.W. Parker · leaf 292
ed, the difficulty was imaginary; the frictionbeing quite sufficient to prevent skidding, however smooththe rails might be. Since this time locomotive engineshave been the subjects of constant improvement: thespeed of forty miles an hour is not uncommon; and theconsumption of fuel has gone on… … The Novelty Steam Locomotive. CHAPTER XVI. On the Steam-Engine in general, and as applied to locomotion inparticular.—Steam; its elasticity; how estimated.—TheSteam-Engine; its general construction.—The Atmospheric Steam-Engine.—The high-pressure Steam-Engine.—The low-pressureor condensing…
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