A Practical Treatise on Railroads and Carriages, Shewing the Principles of Estimating Their Strongth

Tredgold, Thomas Thomas Tredgold,

ISBN 10: 0217552897 / ISBN 13: 9780217552899

Published by General Books LLC, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Practical Treatise on Railroads and Carriages, Shewing the Principles of Estimating Their Strongth
• Publisher: General Books LLC
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0217552897
• ISBN 13: 9780217552899
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1825. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX. PAGE Agriculture, interests of.... 112 Atmosphere, pressure of 78 Axes, on the friction of 46, experiments on the fric-tion of 55 Axles, on the resistance at. 46, experiments on 48, 52, kind of, for carriages... 104 B. MSB Cast iron rails. See Rails. Chapman, Mr. W. quoted, 128, 141 Circuitous roads, limit of 158 Coals consumed by steam en-gines 78,147, 164 Collinge's axles 105 Communication, internal, ad-vantages of. 4 Condensing engines, power of.. 91, table of, 163, 165 Construction of rail-roads 122 Convoys 100 Curved roads.135, 158 Cutting and embanking...116, 154 D. Bevan, Mr. B., experiments by, 69, 151, 170 Brake-wheels, theory of 107 Breadth of Rail-roads 118 Bridges 117 Buchanan, Mr. George, quoted 26 C. Canals, advantages of 8, defects of 9------, expense of 143----------conveyance on 150, horse labour on, 70, 72, 151, 169----, tonnage to render pro-fitable 143, 150 Carriages, breadth of 118, expense of 149, eight wheeled 94, height of 102, 118------, motion of 61, pressure of, on in-clined planes 102, resistance vof 99, size of wheels for.. 95, velocity of 76, 119.weight of 93 Descending trade, best inclina-tion for 58, 115 Draining roads 131, 134 Driving horses, remarks on.... 65 Duration of horses 73 rails 130 Dust, effect of, on rail-roads... 45 B. Edge rail-roads 28 Edgeworth, Mr. quoted 116 Embanking 117, 154, slopes for 117, construction of.... 135, to what extent eco-nomical 154 England, model of 113 English rail-roads 11 Estimating, on, for rail-roads.. 138 Expense of carriages 149, 152 Gas machines, theory of 85 Expense of canals 143 conveyance on canals 150 horse power.. 144, 150 rail-roads, 138, 140, 141 conveyance on rail-roads 150 turnpike-roads.... 143 i conveyance on turn-pike-roads 151 steam carriages, 145, 152. station engines...