 That at this rate they have conveyed upwards of fourteen passengers. " 3. That their weight, including engine, fuel, water, and attendants, may be under three tons. " 4. That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable inclination with facility...  Mechanics' Magazine - Página 4271832Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1832 - 574 páginas
...Colonel Torrens, conclude their report with the following summary of the result of their inquiries : — 1. That carriages can be propelled by steam on common...That their weight, including engine, fuel, water, and attendants, may be under three tons. 4. That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable inclination,... | |
 | 1844 - 454 páginas
...favour of a system of steam-carriages on less expensive roads thau iron railways : and held it as proved that carriages can be propelled by steam on common roads at an average rate of ten miles per hour; and that the weight, including engine, fuel, water, and attendants of each carriage, containing fourteen... | |
 | 1832 - 522 páginas
...interference as possible with the number of carts employed, as the effect on the surface of roads would be infinitely more injurious if heavy loads were placed...common roads at an average rate of ten miles per hour. 3. That at this rate they have conveyed upward-, of fourteen passengers. 3. That their weight, including... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Steam Carriages - 1832 - 352 páginas
...from 20 to 10 cwt. on common roads, they propose that each 20 cwt. of load conveyed in, or drawn by, a steam carriage, . should be chargeable at the same...That their weight, including engine, fuel, water and attendants, may be under three tons. 4. That they can ascend and decend hills of considerable inclination... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1832 - 834 páginas
...from 20 to 19 cwt. on common roads, they propose that each 20 cwt. of load conveyed in, or drawn by, a steam carriage, should be chargeable at the same...That their weight, including engine, fuel, water and attendants, may be under three tons. 4. That they can ascend and decend hills of considerable inclination... | |
 | 1832 - 890 páginas
...chargeable at the same rate of toll as one horse drawing a cart. "A charge on weight is not so objectionnble where goods are conveyed at a slow rate, as when speed...propelled by steam on common roads at an average rate often miles per hour. "2. That at this rate they have conveyed upwards of fourteen passengers. " 3.... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1832 - 334 páginas
...delay. In conclusion, the committee state, that sufficient evidence has been adduced to convince them. 1. " That carriages can be propelled by steam on common...That their weight, including engine, fuel, water, and attendants, may be under three tons. • 4. " That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable... | |
 | 1832 - 734 páginas
...Colonel Torrens, conclude their report with the following summary of the result of their inquiries : — 1. That carriages can be propelled by steam on common...That their weight, including engine, fuel, water, and attendants, may be under three tons. 4. That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable inclination... | |
 | 1832 - 650 páginas
...Committee, that we should copy their statement of what they consider to be the results of their inquiries. ' 1. — That Carriages can be propelled by Steam on...That their weight, including engine, fuel, water, and attendants, may be under three tons. ' 4. — That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable... | |
 | 1832 - 406 páginas
...to which the Committee came on the evidence brought before them. They are as follows : — "l.That carriages can be propelled by steam on common roads...That their weight, including engine, fuel, water, and attendants, may be under three tons. " 4. That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable inclination... | |
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