A Congressional History of Railways in the United States to 1850, المجلد 3،العدد 2University of Wisconsin, 1908 - 273 من الصفحات |
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... Steam on common roads - ( Note on steam carriages ) — The Buffalo - New Orleans Road Bill - Movement to change Cumberland Road to a railway ( de- bate and vote ) - Railways supersede turnpikes in the mail service - General summary and ...
... Steam on common roads - ( Note on steam carriages ) — The Buffalo - New Orleans Road Bill - Movement to change Cumberland Road to a railway ( de- bate and vote ) - Railways supersede turnpikes in the mail service - General summary and ...
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... steam was adopted as the motive power in this country , the years prior to that date being ones of plans , prophecies , and origins ; those succeeding it forming a period of infancy , growth , and perfection . For several reasons the ...
... steam was adopted as the motive power in this country , the years prior to that date being ones of plans , prophecies , and origins ; those succeeding it forming a period of infancy , growth , and perfection . For several reasons the ...
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... steam railway transportation was born . It did not come full - fledged , however , nor was it without fore- runners ... steam locomotion in France and in England . But , roughly speaking , only after 1800 were economic conditions ripe ...
... steam railway transportation was born . It did not come full - fledged , however , nor was it without fore- runners ... steam locomotion in France and in England . But , roughly speaking , only after 1800 were economic conditions ripe ...
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Lewis Henry Haney. steam locomotion for commercial purposes began , and in 1830 the historic Liverpool and Manchester railroad was opened . Now , not only the men of science and engineers , but the great mass of the English people were ...
Lewis Henry Haney. steam locomotion for commercial purposes began , and in 1830 the historic Liverpool and Manchester railroad was opened . Now , not only the men of science and engineers , but the great mass of the English people were ...
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... steam engine which he pro- posed , among other ends , to use for propelling carriages and steamboats . Latrobe pronounced the idea " chimerical " and absurd , saying that Evans " was one of the persons seized with the steam mania ...
... steam engine which he pro- posed , among other ends , to use for propelling carriages and steamboats . Latrobe pronounced the idea " chimerical " and absurd , saying that Evans " was one of the persons seized with the steam mania ...
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الصفحة 62 - These inquiries have led the Committee to believe that the substitution of inanimate for animal power, in draught on common roads, is one of the most important improvements in the means of internal communication ever introduced.
الصفحة 94 - Resolved, That the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of...
الصفحة 92 - Already does the spirit of monopoly begin to exhibit its natural propensities in attempts to exact from the public, for services which it supposes can not be obtained on other terms, the most extravagant compensation. If these claims be persisted in, the question may arise whether a combination of citizens, acting under charters of incorporation from the states, can, by a direct refusal or the demand of an exorbitant...
الصفحة 19 - I particularly invite again their attention to the expediency of exercising their existing powers, and, where necessary, of resorting to the prescribed mode of enlarging them, in order to effectuate a comprehensive system of roads and canals, such as will have the effect of drawing more closely together every part of our country, by promoting intercourse and improvements and by increasing the share of every part in the common stock of national prosperity.
الصفحة 34 - The time will come when people will travel in stages moved by steam engines, from one city to another, almost as fast as birds fly, fifteen or twenty miles an hour.
الصفحة 81 - ... and the application of steam power we have a reasonable prospect that the extreme parts of our country will be so much approximated and those most isolated by the obstacles of nature rendered so accessible as to remove an apprehension sometimes entertained that the great extent of the Union would endanger its permanent existence.
الصفحة 160 - Scioto River and in such situations as shall best promote the utility of a road to be opened by him on the most eligible route, between Wheeling and Limestone...
الصفحة 180 - April 30 of that year, provided that the twentieth part — or 5 per cent, of the net proceeds of the sale of public lands lying...
الصفحة 155 - An act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use and correct the abuse of the franking privilege, and for the prevention of frauds on the revenues of the post-office department...
الصفحة 83 - So many and so important are the advantages which these States would derive from the general adoption of the proposed railways that they ought, in my humble opinion, to become an object of primary attention to the National Government. The insignificant sum of two or three thousand dollars would be adequate to give the project a fair trial. On the success of this experiment a plan should be digested, " a general system of internal communication and conveyance...