The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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Page 223
... sleepers with earth to protect them from the horses ' feet . These laid by permis- sion of local proprietors , were called " way - leaves . " It became a common practice to nail down bars of wrought iron on the surfaces of the ascending ...
... sleepers with earth to protect them from the horses ' feet . These laid by permis- sion of local proprietors , were called " way - leaves . " It became a common practice to nail down bars of wrought iron on the surfaces of the ascending ...
Page 224
... sleepers , and also on transverse sleepers . The disadvantage was want of vertical stiffness of the system ; and , if the rail was made higher , it was liable to rock on the sleeper and rail , has been much improved in form and ...
... sleepers , and also on transverse sleepers . The disadvantage was want of vertical stiffness of the system ; and , if the rail was made higher , it was liable to rock on the sleeper and rail , has been much improved in form and ...
Page 225
... sleepers being placed further apart , and the joint sus- pended between them . for power . The year 1829 is famous in the annals of rail- ways not only for the opening of the Liverpool and Man- FIG . 9. - The original fish - joint , by ...
... sleepers being placed further apart , and the joint sus- pended between them . for power . The year 1829 is famous in the annals of rail- ways not only for the opening of the Liverpool and Man- FIG . 9. - The original fish - joint , by ...
Page 232
... sleepers at 9 feet , the total width for two lines of way over the sleepers is 6 feet + 4 feet 8 inches + 2 inches x 2 ( width of the rails ) +9 feet 20 feet 1 inches ; and it is seen that , as the Telegraph Canals , steamboats , docks ...
... sleepers at 9 feet , the total width for two lines of way over the sleepers is 6 feet + 4 feet 8 inches + 2 inches x 2 ( width of the rails ) +9 feet 20 feet 1 inches ; and it is seen that , as the Telegraph Canals , steamboats , docks ...
Page 234
... sleepers bedded in four steel troughs , into which the wheels will drop in case of derailment , and then run on the sleepers . Railway Stations . - Railway stations are either " terminal " or Stations . " intermediate . " A terminal ...
... sleepers bedded in four steel troughs , into which the wheels will drop in case of derailment , and then run on the sleepers . Railway Stations . - Railway stations are either " terminal " or Stations . " intermediate . " A terminal ...
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