ROAD PROGRESS

ISBN: 9780267684205 Géneros: TB Sinópsis: Excerpt from Road Progress Or Amalgamation of Railways and Highways for Agricultural Improvement and Steam Farming in Great Britain and the Colonies Also Practically Economy in Fixed Plant and Rolling Stocks for Passenger and Goods TrainsUnder the first head may be ranged legal and parliamentary expenses excessive cost of land and compensation and the choice of injudicious routes Under the second part may be ranged the imperfect construction of the permanent way and substructure the unmechanical structure of the locomotives and trains and in addition to these the excessive weight of the loco motives and trains beyond what the rails were capable of sustain ingand it may be added beyond what it is practicable by human art to make them sustain with an economic use of steam powerAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart 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