Author: Conrad H. GreenhowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad cars
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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An Exposition of the Danger and Deficiencies of the Present Mode of Railway Construction
Author: Conrad H. GreenhowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad cars
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
An exposition of the danger and deficiences of the present mode of railway construction
Author: C H. GreenhowAn Exposition of the Danger and Deficiencies of the Present Mode of Railway Construction
Author: Conrad H. GreenhowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad cars
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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An Exposition of the Danger and Deficiencies of the Present Mode of Railway Construction
Author: C. H. GreenhowPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331996736
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Excerpt from An Exposition of the Danger and Deficiencies of the Present Mode of Railway Construction: With Suggestion for Its Improvement I shall proceed to point out the dangers attending the present system of railway construction, beginning at the foundation of the superstructure, the Rails; and will, at the same time, show how I conceive those dangers may be best avoided, and perfect security given to the carriage moving on the railway. The wheels, rails, and carriages are only parts of one great machine, on the proper adjustment of which, one to the other, entirely depends the perfect action of the whole. And as the velocity given to the moving parts increases, so does the necessity for perfect adjustment increase also, because the imperfect action, which, at moderate speed, would only cause a jolt, will, when moving at high velocity, gain sufficient force to cause an overthrow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
An Exposition of the Danger and Deficiencies of the Present Mode of Railway Construction with Suggestions for Its Improvement
Author: C. H. GreenhowPublisher:
ISBN: 9780649263004
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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“The” Athenaeum
Author: The Railway Journey
Author: Wolfgang SchivelbuschPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520957903
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. But this was not always the case; as Wolfgang Schivelbusch points out in this fascinating study, our adaptation to technological change—the development of our modern, industrialized consciousness—was very much a learned behavior. In The Railway Journey, Schivelbusch examines the origins of this industrialized consciousness by exploring the reaction in the nineteenth century to the first dramatic avatar of technological change, the railroad. In a highly original and engaging fashion, Schivelbusch discusses the ways in which our perceptions of distance, time, autonomy, speed, and risk were altered by railway travel. As a history of the surprising ways in which technology and culture interact, this book covers a wide range of topics, including the changing perception of landscapes, the death of conversation while traveling, the problematic nature of the railway compartment, the space of glass architecture, the pathology of the railway journey, industrial fatigue and the history of shock, and the railroad and the city. Belonging to a distinguished European tradition of critical sociology best exemplified by the work of Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin, The Railway Journey is anchored in rich empirical data and full of striking insights about railway travel, the industrial revolution, and technological change. Now updated with a new preface, The Railway Journey is an invaluable resource for readers interested in nineteenth-century culture and technology and the prehistory of modern media and digitalization.
Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 1895-1904
Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Catalogus Librorum Impressorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae in Academia Oxoniensi B. Bandinel
Author: Catalogus Librorum Impressorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae in Academia Oxoniensi
Author: Bodleian LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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