Image from page 40 of "Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration" (1883)
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Identifier: ourironroads00will Title: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidourironroads00will">Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration Year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1883">1883 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1880">1880s) Authors: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorWilliams__Frederick_Smeeton__1829_1886">Williams, Frederick Smeeton, 1829-1886 Subjects: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectRailroads____History">Railroads -- History https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectRailroads____Great_Britain">Railroads -- Great Britain Publisher: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherLondon___Bemrose___sons">London : Bemrose & sons Contributing Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorUniversity_of_California_Libraries">University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorMSN">MSN View Book Page: https://archive.org/stream/ourironroads00will/ourironroads00will#page/n40/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Book Viewer About This Book: https://archive.org/details/ourironroads00will" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Catalog Entry View All Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidourironroads00will">All Images From Book Click here to https://archive.org/stream/ourironroads00will/ourironroads00will#page/n40/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: n, andtwenty miles an hour. Nothing can do more harm towardstheir general adoption and improvement than the promulgationof such nonsense ! As to those persons, said the Quarterly Review, whospeculate on making railways generally throughout the kingdom,and superseding all the canals, all the wagons, mails, and stage-coaches, post-chaises, and, in short, every other mode of con-veyance, by land and by water, we deem them and theirvisionary schemes unworthy of notice. The gross exaggerationsof the powers of the locomotive steam-engine (or, to speak inplain English, the steam-carriage), may delude for a time, butmust end in the mortification of those concerned. We shouldas soon expect the people to suffer themselves to be fired offupon one of Congreves ricochet rockets, as trust themselves tothe mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate. The merits of the competing engines for the Liverpool andManchester Railway were determined by the directors, assisted THE NOVELTY AND THE ROCKET. 21 Text Appearing After Image: by Messrs. Rastrick, Kennedy, and Nicholas Wood. On theday appointed, the Roc-ket, constructed by Mr.George Stephenson ; theNovelty, by Messrs.Braithwaite & Ericson;and the Sans Pareil, byMr. T. Hack worth, en-tered the lists, on a pieceof railroad which hadbeen selected betweenLiverpool and Man- the novelty. Chester. In consequence of this space being little more thana mile and a half long, each engine had to travel the wholedistance backwards and forwards ten times, making a journeyof thirty miles. In order that the performances of each mightbe accurately tested, a judge was stationed at each end of thereal running course, who noticed the exact time at which theengines passed ; the additional ground at each end being allowedto them for getting up their speed. When the Sans Pareil wasexamined, it was found not to have been constructed in preciseaccordance with the stipulations of the company, and thereforewas, in strictness, disqualified ; but it was resolved that a trialshould b Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. -
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