The Quarterly Review, Volume 102William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1857 |
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... hour is the maximum pace at which a horse can draw a load . Where speed is to be obtained regardless of cost , ten miles an hour is the utmost that can be realized . A curious fact will illustrate this . When Messrs . Pickford conducted ...
... hour is the maximum pace at which a horse can draw a load . Where speed is to be obtained regardless of cost , ten miles an hour is the utmost that can be realized . A curious fact will illustrate this . When Messrs . Pickford conducted ...
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... hour , the resistance on a canal is the same as on a level railway . At that speed , or at any less speed ... hour is nearly constant , the resistance on a canal increases as the square of the velocity of the transit . Thus , whilst at ...
... hour , the resistance on a canal is the same as on a level railway . At that speed , or at any less speed ... hour is nearly constant , the resistance on a canal increases as the square of the velocity of the transit . Thus , whilst at ...
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... hour . But 12 miles an hour at sea cannot be purchased without a frightful cost . The Holyhead boats at 15 miles an hour con- sume as much fuel as would be sufficient to carry 3000 tons on a Railway at 20 miles an hour , being about ...
... hour . But 12 miles an hour at sea cannot be purchased without a frightful cost . The Holyhead boats at 15 miles an hour con- sume as much fuel as would be sufficient to carry 3000 tons on a Railway at 20 miles an hour , being about ...
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History of the Irish PoorLaw in connexion with | 59 |
British Tea Plantations in the Himalaya with a Nar | 126 |
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