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- TABLE DES MATIÈRES
- TABLE DES ILLUSTRATIONS
- RECHERCHE DANS LE DOCUMENT
- TEXTE OCÉRISÉ
- Première image
- PAGE DE TITRE
- Introduction to the first edition (p.r5)
- Introduction to the second edition (p.r9)
- Introduction to the third edition (p.r15)
- CONTENTS (p.r19)
- Errata (n.n.)
- Chap. I. Internal Communication (p.1)
- Chap. II. Description of Rails, and Progress of Railroads (p.20)
- 1.Wooden Rails (p.20)
- 2.Cast-iron Rails. Plate Rail (p.25)
- 3.Ditto. Edge Rail (p.28)
- 4.Malleable Iron Rails. Ditto (p.41)
- 5.Ditto. Different Forms of Rails (p.47)
- 6.Comparative Qualities, of cast and wrought Iron for Rails (p.55)
- 7.Comparative Properties of Edge and Plate Rails (p.60)
- 8.Stone Railways (p.62)
- Chap. III. On the Strength and Stiffness, and best Form of Section of Cast and Malleable Iron Rails (p.65)
- 1. General Remarks on Materials best adapted for Rails (p.65)
- 2. Strongest Form of Section (p.66)
- 3. Rigidity of different Kinds of malleable Iron Rails (p.71)
- 4. Experiments on the comparative Rigidity of malleable Iron Bars (p.84)
- 5. Increase of Resistance, by the Deflection of Railway Bars (p.112)
- 6. Expansion and Contraction, of wrought Iron Bars (p.124)
- 7. Experiments on the Strength of cast Iron Rails (p.126)
- 8. Comparative Durability, of cast and wrought Iron RailwayBars (p.130)
- 9. Comparative Resistance to the Carriages, of cast and wrought Iron Railway Bars » (p.133)
- Chap. IV. On the Formation, and Construction of Railways (p.135)
- 1. Formation of the Line of Railway (p.135)
- 2. Earthwork, Excavating and Embanking (p.136)
- 3. Width of Railway at the Formation Level (p.138)
- 4. Width between the Rails (p.138)
- 5. Width between the Two Lines (p.140)
- 6. Width on the Outside of the Rails (p.140)
- 7. Width of Excavations (p.146)
- 8. Width of Embankments (p.146)
- 9. Slopes of Excavations and Embankments (p.147)
- 10. Fencing the Railway (p.148)
- 11. Coating the Railway, &c. (p.149)
- 12. Setting the Blocks (p.150)
- 13. Seating the Chairs upon the Blocks (p.155)
- 14. Keying the Rails to the Chairs, and Form of joining the Rails at their Ends (p.157)
- 15. On Curves on the Line of Railway (p.163)
- 16. Plan of crossing Streets and Turnpikes (p.167)
- 17. Mode of passing yielding Ground or Mosses (p.169)
- 18. Construction of Passing Places and Turn Tables (p.172)
- Chap. V. Construction of Carriages adapted to Railroads (p.189)
- 1. Coal Waggons, with Wooden Wheels (p.189)
- 2. Cast Iron Wheels (p.190)
- 3. Ditto case-hardened (p.192)
- 4. Ditto with wrought Iron Tires (p.195)
- 5. Wrought Iron Wheels (p.198)
- 6. Form of Axles, and Bearings (p.200)
- 7. Modern Coal Waggons, or Carriages (p.207)
- 8. Truck for Conveyance of gênerai Merchandize (p.209)
- 9. Common Passenger Carriages (p.211)
- 10. First Class Passenger Carriages (p.213)
- 11. Mode of coupling Carriages, or Buffing Apparatus (p.215)
- Chap. VI. Description of the different Kinds of Motive Power used on Railroads, and Disposition of the Road for their Application (p.227)
- 1. Different Kinds of Motive Power, used at various periods on Railroads (p.227)
- 2. Horses (p.231)
- 3. Gravity- Self-acting Planes (p.233)
- 4. Steam Engines, fixed upon ascending Planes (p.250)
- Art. 1. Descending Planes, with sufficient Gravity to enable the Carriages to drag a Rope after them (p.251)
- Art. 2. Where Goods are to be conveyed on a descending Plane, the Inclination of which is not sufficient to enable the descending Carriages to drag the Rope after them (p.253)
- Art. 3. Double Plane, with an Engine on the Summit (p.254)
- Art. 4. Successive Engine Planes, from one End of the Line to the other (p.256)
- Art. 5. Description of the different Engine Planes (p.257)
- 5. Locomotive Steam Engines (p.275)
- Art. 1. Trevithick and Vivian's Engine (p.277)
- Art. 2. Blenkinsop's Engine (p.279)
- Art. 3. Chapman'sDitto (p.282)
- Art. 4. Brunton's Ditto (p.282)
- Art. 5. Blackett's Ditto (p.286)
- Art. 6. Stephenson's Killingworth Engine (p.287)
- Art. 7. Experiments at Liverpool (p.301)
- Art. 8. Liverpool Experiments, Stephenson's Rocket Engine (p.309)
- Art. 9. Hackworth's Engine (p.316)
- Art. 10. Braithwaite and Ericsson's Engine (p.320)
- Art. 11. Description of the Rocket Engine (p.324)
- Art. 12. Description of the Sans Pareil Engine (p.326)
- Art. 13. Description of the Novelty Engine (p.328)
- Art. 14. Description of the improved Killingworth Engines (p.333)
- Art. 15. Description of the modern Engines for public Railways (p.334)
- Boiler, and Method of generating Steam (p.335)
- Mode of admitting the Steam into the Cylinders, and of working the Engine (p.342)
- Tables of the Dimensions of Locomotive Engines (p.352)
- Chap. VII. On the Friction and Resistance of Carriages on Railroads (p.353)
- 1. Different Kinds of Friction (p.353)
- 2. Friction with respect to Weight. Coal Waggons with inside Bearings (p.357)
- 3. Friction with regard to Velocity. Coal Waggons (p.367)
- 4. Friction of Carriages, with outside Bearings (p.373)
- Determination of Rolling Friction (p.382)
- 5. Determination of Friction of Attrition (p.389)
- 6. Friction with regard to Area of Bearing (p.404)
- Friction with different Unguents (p.406)
- Theoretical Conclusions, deduced from Experiments on Friction (p.409)
- 7. Tables of the Resistance of Carriages on different Gradients on Railroads (p.411)
- Friction on Plate Rails (p.414)
- Chap. VIII. Friction of Ropes used by fixed Engines on Railroads (p.415)
- Chap. IX. Theory and Application of the various Kinds of Motive Power used on Railroads (p.430)
- 1. Horses (p.430)
- Art. 1. Experiments on the Performances of Horses on Railroads (p.431)
- Art. 2. Experiments on the Performances of Horses on Turnpike Roads (p.437)
- Art. 3. Performances of Horses dragging Boats on Canals (p.439)
- Art. 4. Result of the foregoing Experiments (p.441)
- Art. 5. Theoretical Considerations of the Power of Horses (p.441)
- Art. 6. Practical Conclusions of the Performance of Horses on Railroads (p.446)
- Art. 7. Cost of conveying Goods on Railroads by Horses (p.449)
- 2. Self-acting Planes (p.451)
- 3. Fixed Steam-engine Planes (p.455)
- 4. Locomotive Engines (p.464)
- Art. 1. Adhesion of the Wheels upon the Rails (p.465)
- Experiments upon the Adhesion (p.466)
- Art. 2. Table of the Amount of Adhesion (p.477)
- Art. 3. Friction of Engines unloaded (p.481)
- a. Friction of the Killingworth Engines (p.483)
- b. Friction of the Liverpool Engines (p.484)
- c. Table of the Friction of Engines without a Load (p.485)
- Art. 4. Friction of Engines loaded (p.487)
- a. Friction of Killingworth Engines (p.489)
- b. Friction of Liverpool Engines (p.496)
- c. Table of the Friction of Engines loaded (p.503)
- Art. 5. Investigations of the Mode of raising Steam in Locomotive Engines (p.504)
- a. Investigations of the old Engines (p.506)
- b. Investigations of the Liverpool experimental Engines (p.506)
- c. Investigations of the Liverpool improved Engines (p.515)
- Art. 6. Evaporating Powers of Locomotive Engines (p.520)
- a. Evaporating Powers of Killingworth improved Engine (p.521)
- b. Relative Powers of Evaporation of radiant and communicative Calorie (p.524)
- c. Evaporating Powers of the modern Engines (p.525)
- d. Evaporating Power at different Rates of Speed (p.527)
- Art. 7. Consumption of Fuel (p.530)
- a. Consumption of the old Engines (p.531)
- b. Consumption of the improved Engines (p.540)
- c. Table of the Consumption of Fuel of the modern Engines (p.542)
- Art. 8. Power of Locomotive Engines (p.547)
- a. Explanation of the Principles which govern the Power of Locomotive Engines (p.552)
- b. Theory of the Power of Locomotive Engines (p.556)
- c. Power of Engines with respect to Velocity with different Loads (p.561)
- d. Power of Engines with respect to Loads at different Velocities (p.563)
- e. Comparative useful Effect of Engines travelling at different Rates of Speed (p.564)
- f. Theory of the Power of Engines on Inclined Planes (p.568)
- g. Table of the Power of Engines on Inclined Planes (p.577)
- Art. 9. Cost of Locomotive Engines on Railroads (p.582)
- a. Expense of working the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (p.583)
- 1. Locomotive Power, or Haulage of Goods and Passengers (p.593)
- 2. Maintenance of Railway (p.597)
- 3. Coaching Department, or Expense of conveying Passengers (p.599)
- 4. Carrying Department, or Cost of conveying Goods (p.600)
- 5. & 6. Stationary Engine, and general Expenses (p.601)
- Table of the Cost of conveying Goods and Passengers on the Liverpool Railway (p.603)
- b. Expense of working the Stockton and Darlington Railway (p.604)
- c. Expense of working the Clarence Railway (p.606)
- d. Expense of working the Killingworth Railway (p.607)
- e. Cost of Conveyance generally, with different Descriptions of Traffic, on Railways (p.608)
- f. Table of the Cost of conveying, heavy Goods on Railways (p.616)
- g. Table of the Cost of conveying Goods and Passengers on Railways (p.616)
- 1. Horses (p.430)
- Chap. X. Comparison of the different Descriptions of Motive Power on Railroads (p.620)
- Chap. XI. Turnpike Roads (p.642)
- Chap. XII. On Canals (p.651)
- Chap. XIII. Comparison of the different Modes of internal Communication (p.680)
- Chap. XIV. The Construction of the Great Western Railway, and the Locomotive Power to be used thereon (p.708)
- APPENDIX (p.729)
- Note A. Experiment on the Wear of Rails, Liverpool and Manchester Railway (p.729)
- Note B. Professor Barlow's Formula for calculating the strongest Form of Section of a Railway Bar (p.729)
- Note C. Professor Barlow's Formula for calculating the Rigidity of Railway Bars (p.730)
- Note D. Petition of Coach Proprietors, showing the Expense of Coaches on Turnpike Roads (p.732)
- Note E. Experiments at Mr. Laird's Works at Liverpool, on Ericsson's Plan of Boiler (p.733)
- Note F. Section of Stockton and Darlington Railway (p.735)
- Note G. Cost of Repairs of Stockton and Darlington Engines (p.736)
- Note H. Performance, and Cost of Labour, &c. of Ditto (p.737)
- Note I. Cost of Repairs of Stanhope and Tyne Railway Engines, 1835 (p.737)
- Note K. Cost of Repairs of Stanhope and Tyne Railway Engines, 1836 (p.737)
- Note L. Charges on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway (p.738)
- Note M. Estimates of Cost of fixed and locomotive Engines (p.740)
- Note N. Estimates of Cost of fixed and locomotive Engines (p.747)
- Note O. Estimates of Cost of fixed and locomotive Engines (p.750)
- Note P. Estimates of Cost of fixed and locomotive Engines (p.753)
- Note Q. Wear of Ropes (p.757)
- Note R. Mr. Walker's Experiments on the Resistance of Boats at different Rates of Speed (p.758)
- Note S. Section of the Durham and Sunderland Railway (p.760)
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