Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. (1899)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co · leaf 691
t 652 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIX™ CENTURY iron in 1820, and many of the early American railways had strap iron laid ontimber stringers. Within the past twenty years steel has been used almostexclusively. In place of rails weighing 25 to 35 lbs. per yard, and 3 to 15feet in length, we now use…
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