 | Elijah Galloway - 1829 - 890 pages
...of the tunnel, at Edge-hill, are forty-six feet above the rails at the Manchester end of the line. In the formation of the rail-way, there have been...of the double lines of rail laid down, is more than four thousand tons. The following general abstract of the expenditure of the rail-way, to the thirty-first... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1831 - 368 pages
...fares for passengers by the covered coaches will be 6s. and the inferior, or outside ones, 3s. 6d. In the formation of the railway there have been dug...payments, up to the 31st of May last, was 739,165Z. 5s.; and the directors, in their report of March last, state, that for the finishing of the work, wallings,... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1831 - 368 pages
...fares for passengers by the covered coaches will be 6s. and the inferior, or outside ones, 3s. 6d. In the formation of the railway there have been dug...in actual payments, up to the 31st of May last, was 739, 165/. 5s. ; and the directors, in their report of March last, state, that for the finishing of... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1831 - 484 pages
...four feet eight inches apart, about two inches in breadth, and rising about an inch above the surface. In the formation of the railway there have been dug...double lines of rail laid down is more than 4,000 tons. For the purpose of giving to our readers some conception of a stearti carriage, designed to be used... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1831 - 324 pages
...four feet eight inches apart, about two inches in breadth, and rising about an inch above the surface. In the formation of the railway, there have been dug...millions of cubic yards of stone, clay, and soil. THE STEAM-ENGINE. H htI is heat so important in the production of mechanical agents? Because bodies,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1831 - 302 pages
...four feet eight inches apart, about two inches in breadth, and rising about an inch above the surface. In the formation of the railway, there have been dug...millions of cubic yards of stone, clay, and soil. THE STEAM-ENGINE. Why is heat so important in the production of mechanical agents? Because bodies,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 362 pages
...four ieet eight inches apart, about two inches in breadth, and rising about an inch above the surface. In the formation of the railway, there have been dug...millions of cubic yards of stone, clay, and soil. THE STEAM-ENGINE. Why is heat so important in the production of mechanical agents ? Because bodies,... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1835 - 474 pages
...four feet eight inches apart, about two inches in breadth, and rising about an inch above the surface. In the formation of the railway there have been dug...of the double lines of rail laid down is more than 4000 tons. For the purpose of giving to our readers some conception of a steam carriage, designed to... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1835 - 938 pages
...of the tunnel, at Edge Hill, are forty-sue feet above the rails at the Manchester end of the line. In the formation of the railway, there have been dug...three millions of cubic yards of stone, clay, and soil ; which is equal to, at least, four millions of tons ! After mature consideration of the reports and... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1836 - 942 pages
...of the tunnel, at Edge Hill, are forty-six feet above the rails at the Manchester end of the line. In the formation of the railway, there have been dug...three millions of cubic yards of stone, clay, and soil ; which is equal to, at least, four millions of tons! After mature consideration of the reports and... | |
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In the formation of the railway there have been dug out of the different excavations, upwards of three millions of cubic yards of stone, clay, and soil, and the weight of the double lines of rail laid down is more than 4,000 tons. The total expenditure... 
