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Page 273
... steam as an agent of propulsion , he was himself , and always had been , deeply interested in the possibilities of steam . ' We are a dull plodding people , ' he wrote in August 1832 to a French correspondent , ' always busy , seldom ...
... steam as an agent of propulsion , he was himself , and always had been , deeply interested in the possibilities of steam . ' We are a dull plodding people , ' he wrote in August 1832 to a French correspondent , ' always busy , seldom ...
Page 274
... steam in a wheel - carriage in 1784 and Trevithick's steam carriage was on the roads in 1804. Before the Liverpool and Manchester rail- way was opened , many patents had been taken out and a considerable advance made in road transport ...
... steam in a wheel - carriage in 1784 and Trevithick's steam carriage was on the roads in 1804. Before the Liverpool and Manchester rail- way was opened , many patents had been taken out and a considerable advance made in road transport ...
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... steam car- riages to that line of road will be at once decided . Colonel Maceroni's and Mr. Squire's steam carriage , which has lately travelled over 1800 miles of road in the vicinity of London , is to commence plying for hire this day ...
... steam car- riages to that line of road will be at once decided . Colonel Maceroni's and Mr. Squire's steam carriage , which has lately travelled over 1800 miles of road in the vicinity of London , is to commence plying for hire this day ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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