Railway Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, Volume 2Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1833 - Railroad engineering |
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... miles per hour ; R curvature of the track in feet ; w = the radius of 1st . The force necessary to cause the flange the weight of a wheel to ascend upon the rail , is in a ratio of the car in lbs ; and f = the centrifugal force ...
... miles per hour ; R curvature of the track in feet ; w = the radius of 1st . The force necessary to cause the flange the weight of a wheel to ascend upon the rail , is in a ratio of the car in lbs ; and f = the centrifugal force ...
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... miles with ease of agricultural implements drawn by horses , method is already in existence , frequent ruts till it was consolidated , which would obviously when required to be taken in haste from the from the sides , at right angles ...
... miles with ease of agricultural implements drawn by horses , method is already in existence , frequent ruts till it was consolidated , which would obviously when required to be taken in haste from the from the sides , at right angles ...
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... miles . Work now in active progress . BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE RAIL - ROAD , extend- ing from Boston to Providence , Rhode Island . Distance , 43 miles . Company incorporated in June , 1831 , with a capital of $ 1,000,000 . Route surveyed ...
... miles . Work now in active progress . BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE RAIL - ROAD , extend- ing from Boston to Providence , Rhode Island . Distance , 43 miles . Company incorporated in June , 1831 , with a capital of $ 1,000,000 . Route surveyed ...
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... miles from that of Petersburg beyond this stream , to esti- the Corporation Line are completed , and the mate its amount and probable increase on the A careful examination of the subject satisfied rail - road for that distance has been ...
... miles from that of Petersburg beyond this stream , to esti- the Corporation Line are completed , and the mate its amount and probable increase on the A careful examination of the subject satisfied rail - road for that distance has been ...
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... miles and 157 , for a season , the necessary works at Wills ' of the line . The best which could be obtained poles of the road , together with the requisite creek and extend the road . This short portion were procured ; and when an ...
... miles and 157 , for a season , the necessary works at Wills ' of the line . The best which could be obtained poles of the road , together with the requisite creek and extend the road . This short portion were procured ; and when an ...
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Page 157 - ... a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various...
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Page 97 - ... 3. That their weight, including engine, fuel, water and attendants, may be under three tons. 4. That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable inclination with facility and safety. 5. That they are perfectly safe for passengers. 6. That they are not (or need not be, if properly constructed) nuisances to the Public. 7. That they will become a speedier and cheaper mode of conveyance than Carriages drawn by horses.
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Page 13 - ... valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said...
Page 14 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the federal government, as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact : as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact...
Page 13 - But reasoning on this subject is superfluous when our social compact, in express terms, declares that the laws of the United States, its Constitution, and treaties made under it are the supreme law of the land, and, for greater caution, adds "that the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 58 - The right of the people of a single State to absolve themselves at will, and without the consent of the other States, from their most solemn obligations, and hazard the liberties and happiness of the millions composing this Union, cannot be acknowledged. Such authority is believed to be utterly repugnant both to the principles upon which the General Government is constituted, and to the objects which it is expressly formed to attain.
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