Atmospheric Railways: A Victorian Venture in Silent SpeedDavid & Charles, 1967 - 240 psl. |
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... carriages excluding the piston carriage , and weighing up to 62 tons , were taken up . The line opened unobtrusively , on 24 April . A four - wheeled piston carriage was used , with a piston counterweighted not with lead but with a 6 ft ...
... carriages excluding the piston carriage , and weighing up to 62 tons , were taken up . The line opened unobtrusively , on 24 April . A four - wheeled piston carriage was used , with a piston counterweighted not with lead but with a 6 ft ...
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... piston . The coulter was hung from a universal joint , so that the piston could adapt itself to variations in the ... carriage , was about 15 ft long and shaped like a dumb - bell , its curved leather - covered leading end being con- nected ...
... piston . The coulter was hung from a universal joint , so that the piston could adapt itself to variations in the ... carriage , was about 15 ft long and shaped like a dumb - bell , its curved leather - covered leading end being con- nected ...
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... piston carriage therefore remained coupled to the Dalkey end of the train . Before it started back , the guard slipped a lever over the square end of a vertical bar passing through the carriage floor , and swung the whole piston ...
... piston carriage therefore remained coupled to the Dalkey end of the train . Before it started back , the guard slipped a lever over the square end of a vertical bar passing through the carriage floor , and swung the whole piston ...
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Atmospheric Railways– A Victorian Venture in Silent Speed Charles Hadfield Trumpų ištraukų rodinys - 1967 |
Atmospheric Railways– A Victorian Venture in Silent Speed Charles Hadfield Trumpų ištraukų rodinys - 1967 |
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