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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Pagina 7
... tons of cargo , which cannot , as a rule , be all used or stored at the point of disembarkation and has to be sent to many different customers . Canal navigation is in this and in many other respects different . In the first place ...
... tons of cargo , which cannot , as a rule , be all used or stored at the point of disembarkation and has to be sent to many different customers . Canal navigation is in this and in many other respects different . In the first place ...
Pagina 8
... ton of heavy goods conveyed by canal is remarkably low ; so low , indeed , that it is a moot point whether we in this country have not been over hasty in discontinuing to a great extent the use of our canals , and whether much of the ...
... ton of heavy goods conveyed by canal is remarkably low ; so low , indeed , that it is a moot point whether we in this country have not been over hasty in discontinuing to a great extent the use of our canals , and whether much of the ...
Pagina 9
... TON ON LEVEL ROADS OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS . Stone tramway • Paved roads 20 lbs . 33 per ton . 29 99 Macadamised roads 44 to 67 99 29 Gravel 150 • 99 " " Soft sandy and gravelly ground . . 210 99 99 TABLE NO . 2. - TRACTION ON RAILWAYS ...
... TON ON LEVEL ROADS OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS . Stone tramway • Paved roads 20 lbs . 33 per ton . 29 99 Macadamised roads 44 to 67 99 29 Gravel 150 • 99 " " Soft sandy and gravelly ground . . 210 99 99 TABLE NO . 2. - TRACTION ON RAILWAYS ...
Pagina 10
... ton , and we must remember that in this resistance are included the very considerable retard- ing forces caused by the resistance of the air , by the various elements of friction between the carriages and the rails , and by the friction ...
... ton , and we must remember that in this resistance are included the very considerable retard- ing forces caused by the resistance of the air , by the various elements of friction between the carriages and the rails , and by the friction ...
Pagina 67
... tons on a pair of wheels , or 8 tons on each wheel , when the engine is travelling steadily ; and this may be much increased when the engine is lurching . This great weight is most damaging to the permanent way ; and efforts are made on ...
... tons on a pair of wheels , or 8 tons on each wheel , when the engine is travelling steadily ; and this may be much increased when the engine is lurching . This great weight is most damaging to the permanent way ; and efforts are made on ...
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