A Rudimentary Treatise on the Locomotive Engine in All Its Phases: Popularly Described (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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A locomotive engine, followed by a train of carriages, always impresses the spectator as a remarkable exhibition of inanimate power. The familiar, but now ancient, spectacle of the mail coach, whirled along by its glowing team, was wont to excite admiration by its evidence of equestrian train ing and discipline; but the means of its movement were palpable, and reflection was scarcely prompted by the sight. Of two witnesses - one from the workshop, the other from the stable - the latter could probably the best appreciate the principles of the draught, and explain why the leaders and the wheelers were selected for their respective places; but the sight of a complicated and apparently cumbrous machine, moving itself under the mere direction of a human driver, forcibly overcoming not only its own inertia, but that of the many heavy carriages and trucks which helplessly follow in its chains, is a demonstration of mechanical agency which, however often it may be witnessed, arrests the atten tion in every instance, and leads the mind to contemplate the means employed, or to inquire what those means are.
Let us become such inquirers, and endeavour to ascertain those means. We have just seen a friend off by railway and, having had to wait some time on the platform of the station, glanced at the hissing leader of the train, which by brazen plate proclaimed itself to be a Hurricane, Thun derer, Meteor, or other symbol of speed and power. While) stationary, we noticed the engine had six wheels.
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A locomotive engine, followed by a train of carriages, always impresses the spectator as a remarkable exhibition of inanimate power. The familiar, but now ancient, spectacle of the mail coach, whirled along by its glowing team, was wont to excite admiration by its evidence of equestrian train ing and discipline; but the means of its movement were palpable, and reflection was scarcely prompted by the sight. Of two witnesses - one from the workshop, the other from the stable - the latter could probably the best appreciate the principles of the draught, and explain why the leaders and the wheelers were selected for their respective places; but the sight of a complicated and apparently cumbrous machine, moving itself under the mere direction of a human driver, forcibly overcoming not only its own inertia, but that of the many heavy carriages and trucks which helplessly follow in its chains, is a demonstration of mechanical agency which, however often it may be witnessed, arrests the atten tion in every instance, and leads the mind to contemplate the means employed, or to inquire what those means are.
Let us become such inquirers, and endeavour to ascertain those means. We have just seen a friend off by railway and, having had to wait some time on the platform of the station, glanced at the hissing leader of the train, which by brazen plate proclaimed itself to be a Hurricane, Thun derer, Meteor, or other symbol of speed and power. While) stationary, we noticed the engine had six wheels.
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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.
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