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... driver was the only person killed , it might have been much worse . Only ! Do we pause to think how much that word implies ? If the driver had not proved true to his trust ; if he had not stuck to his engine even unto death , what would ...
... driver was the only person killed , it might have been much worse . Only ! Do we pause to think how much that word implies ? If the driver had not proved true to his trust ; if he had not stuck to his engine even unto death , what would ...
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... driver of the M. S. and L. train no doubt con- siders himself a fortunate man in escaping with his life when the odds appeared so terribly against him . Who The driver has no band of music , no fife and drum to inspire him , only the ...
... driver of the M. S. and L. train no doubt con- siders himself a fortunate man in escaping with his life when the odds appeared so terribly against him . Who The driver has no band of music , no fife and drum to inspire him , only the ...
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... driver , when he cannot see the signals until within a few yards of them , and yet is required to keep time with his train - thus he naturally and properly too , I maintain , depends a great deal on the fog - signals to let him know if ...
... driver , when he cannot see the signals until within a few yards of them , and yet is required to keep time with his train - thus he naturally and properly too , I maintain , depends a great deal on the fog - signals to let him know if ...
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... driver more liable to cause an accident than if he had nothing but the hand brake to rely upon . Because , being so accustomed to having the train under his control , there is a possibility of his forgetting that his brake is not ...
... driver more liable to cause an accident than if he had nothing but the hand brake to rely upon . Because , being so accustomed to having the train under his control , there is a possibility of his forgetting that his brake is not ...
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... driver . This and similar delays might be avoided if all companies would adopt the one brake or both connections ... drivers will not come on , because they cannot see the signals at all , so hurry up , and get to your post . " I , of ...
... driver . This and similar delays might be avoided if all companies would adopt the one brake or both connections ... drivers will not come on , because they cannot see the signals at all , so hurry up , and get to your post . " I , of ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 30 - The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbor, is a plain violation of this most sacred property.
Página 178 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber, from the colliery, down to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
Página 314 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Página 139 - Say not the struggle nought availeth, The labour and the wounds are vain, The enemy faints not, nor faileth. And as things have been they remain. If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars ; It may be, in yon smoke concealed, Your comrades chase e'en now the fliers, And, but for you, possess the field.
Página 191 - 7. The engine to be delivered complete for trial, at the Liverpool end of the rail-way, not later than the 1st of October next.
Página 191 - ... in the boiler shall be cold, and there shall be no fuel in the fire-place. As much fuel shall be weighed, and as much water shall be measured and delivered into the...
Página 151 - I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream, forty feet high ; one vessel of water, rarified by fire, driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim, between the necessity of turning the said cocks.
Página 397 - Therefore, when I say, in conducting your understanding, love knowledge with a great love, with a vehement love, with a love coeval with life, what do I say, but love innocence...
Página 228 - ... should like to have some sense of proprietorship in the shop, or mill, or whatever it may be, in which he passes his days. And it is because the system introduced of late years of co-operative industry meets that natural wish that I look forward to its extension with so much hopefulness.
Página 192 - The time of performing every trip shall be accurately noted, as well as the time occupied in getting ready to set out on the second journey. Should the engine not be enabled to take along with it sufficient fuel and water for the journey of ten trips, the time occupied in taking in a fresh supply of fuel and water shall be considered and taken as a part of the time in performing the journey. JU Rastrick, Esq., Stourbridge, CE Nicholas Wood, Esq., Killingworth, CE John Kennedy, Esq., Manchester. Liverpool,...