Railways and Locomotives: Lectures Delivered at the School of Military Engineering at Chatham in 1877Longmans, Green and Company, 1882 - 427 pagina's |
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... and even in destroying , these works , you have to deal with the same forces of nature as we have to consider in the construction of railways , buildings , or docks . B The circumstance that many , perhaps the greater number ,
... and even in destroying , these works , you have to deal with the same forces of nature as we have to consider in the construction of railways , buildings , or docks . B The circumstance that many , perhaps the greater number ,
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... construction are embraced in the course of study essential to your pro- fession , alone makes it possible for me to hope to set forth in six lectures the outlines of the subject which I have undertaken to bring before you . Knowing that ...
... construction are embraced in the course of study essential to your pro- fession , alone makes it possible for me to hope to set forth in six lectures the outlines of the subject which I have undertaken to bring before you . Knowing that ...
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... construction which are not mere matters of applied mechanics , and by describing , as well as I can within the limits at my disposal , the mode in which railways for civil and commercial purposes are laid out , constructed , and worked ...
... construction which are not mere matters of applied mechanics , and by describing , as well as I can within the limits at my disposal , the mode in which railways for civil and commercial purposes are laid out , constructed , and worked ...
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... desirable and what is attainable . This is particularly the case in hilly countries , or in cases in which railways have to be made cheaply or made quickly , and in which the construction of LAYING OUT A RAILWAY . 11.
... desirable and what is attainable . This is particularly the case in hilly countries , or in cases in which railways have to be made cheaply or made quickly , and in which the construction of LAYING OUT A RAILWAY . 11.
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... construction of works of art , as the French euphemistically call railway bridges , viaducts , and tunnels , has consequently as far as possi- ble to be avoided . Frequently from an engineering point of view a long tunnel or viaduct may ...
... construction of works of art , as the French euphemistically call railway bridges , viaducts , and tunnels , has consequently as far as possi- ble to be avoided . Frequently from an engineering point of view a long tunnel or viaduct may ...
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