 ... the same principle, to form a tube so as to leave a continual communication between the inside and the outside of it, without suffering any part of the impelling air to escape ; and by this means to impel a carriage along upon an iron road, in the...  Medhurst on Atmospheric Railways - Page 9by George Medhurst - 1810Full view - About this book
 | George Medhurst - 1827 - 98 pages
...impel a carriage along upon an iron road, in the open air, with equal velocity, and, in a great degree, possessing the same advantages as in passing withinside...passengers of being unconfined, and in view of the country. 16 on each side of the opening, it will leave a channel between the flanches, and an opening into the... | |
 | 1844 - 714 pages
...impel a carriage along upon an iron road, in the open air, with equal velocity, and in a great degree possessing the same advantages as in passing withinside...passengers of being unconfined, and in view of the country, [fa round iron tube, 24 inches in diameter, be made, with an opening of 2 inches wide in the circumference,... | |
 | James Pim - 1841 - 60 pages
...impel a carriage along upon an iron road, in the open air, with equal velocity, and in a great degree possessing the same advantages as in passing withinside...passengers of being unconfined and in view of the country." It unfortunately happened that this water valve required to be laid accurately level throughout its... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 600 pages
...air, with equal velocity, and in a great degree possessing the same advantages as in passingwithinside of the tube, with the additional satisfaction to passengers of being unconfined, and in view of the country. If a round iron tube, 24 inches in diameter, be made, with an opening of two inches wide in the circumference,... | |
 | 1812 - 730 pages
...impel a carriage along upon an iron road in the open air, with equal velocity, and in a great degree possessing the same advantages as in passing withinside...passengers of being unconfined, and in view of the country. Where carriages are continually passing bo'h ways at the same time, the same body of air that impels... | |
 | Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain) - 1899 - 508 pages
...impel a carriage along upon an iron road in the open air with equal velocity, and in a great degree possessing the same advantages as in passing with-inside...passengers of being unconfined and in view of the country." Then he proposed to employ a 12-inch tule. It appears from a subsequent pamphlet that the mode by which... | |
 | Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain) - 1899 - 988 pages
...impel a carriage along upon an iron road in the open air with equal velocity, and in a great degree possessing the same advantages as in passing with-inside...satisfaction to passengers of being unconfined and in view of tho country." Then he proposed to employ a 12-inch tule. It appears from a subsequent pamphlet that... | |
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