![]() ![]() The engine rolled were furnished with corresponding teeth, which worked Stretched along the entire distance to be travelled. Presented a line of projecting teeth, like those of a cog-wheel, which The railroad thus, instead of being composed of smooth bars of iron, Lardner described one of these creations, built by the mining engineerīlenkinsop: ‘He obtained a patent, in 1811, for the application of a rack. To this technical principle it is hard to imagine a more vivid demonstration In their experimental phase, railways were constructed according The latterĪppeared as horizontal cogwheels, providing counterparts to the engine’s Propelling cogwheels along proportionately serrated rails. Its rails by rolling on them but by means of interlocking cogs: it moved by That steam engine mounted on an undercarriage did not connect with Mounted on wheels in Leeds, making it move on rails, by means of a large For some time now, a steam engine has been (1815) on the railways in the English coal-mining district says: ‘NewĪpplication of steam engines. Thus, a report in theīulletin de la société pour l’encouragement de l’industrie nationale Seen, as yet, as a self-contained, autonomous motive apparatus, but simplyĪs a steam engine mounted on an undercarriage. Of ‘one machine’ appeared with particular clarity: the locomotive was not In an early phase of the railroad’s technological evolution, the concept ![]() Thus it isĮvident that one cannot separate the increasing knowledge of steam engines from Title.Īmeliorations of the one determines the improvements of the other. Originally published: New York : Urizen Books, cġ. Translation of: Geschichte der Eisenbahnreise. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Library of Congress has cataloged an earlier edition of this book as follows: The German text of this book was published under the title Geschichte derĮisenbahnreise by Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich, 1977Įnglish translation first published in the United States by Urizen Books, 1979įirst University of California Press edition 1986 The UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and Humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in ProQuest Ebook Central,ebookcentral.proquest/lib/wisc/detail.action?docID=1686847.Ĭopyright © 2014. ![]() ![]()
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