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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 698

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ur, throughout the entire 980 milesof distance. It will be seen that the speed of 100-miles-an-honr, which is popularlylooked upon as a sort of ideal, has been more than once exceeded, but it maybe well to explain that such spectacular bursts of speed are really less impor-tant and less Avonderful… … 660 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY long grades, etc., it will be easily understood that in order to maintain theaverage speed from start to finish, the actual speeds must often range from60 to 75 or even 80 miles per hour. The regular daily transcontinental trainof the Canadian Pacific…

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