 Committee seem to have entertained some alarm as to the high rate of speed which had been spoken of, and proceeded to examine the witness further on the subject. They supposed the case of the engine being upset when going at nine miles an hour, and asked...  Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 461edited by - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Smiles - 1857 - 550 pages
...the high rate of speed which had been spoken of, and proceeded to examine the witness further on the subject. They supposed the case of the engine being...case : — " Suppose, now, one of these engines to * Evidence, ]>p. 205— C. f Ibid. p. 207. be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1857 - 576 pages
...the high rate of speed which had been spoken of, and proceeded to examine the witness further on the subject. They supposed the case of the engine being...miles an hour, and asked what, in such a case, would * Evidence, pp. 205—6. t Ibid- P- 207Q4 become of the cargo astern. To which the witness replied,... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1857 - 604 pages
...the high rate of speed which had been spoken of, and proceeded to examine the witness further on the subject. They supposed the case of the engine being...miles an hour, and asked what, in such a case, would • Evidence, pp. 205—6. t Ibid. p. 207. become of the cargo astern. To which the witness replied,... | |
 | Samuel Lucas - 1859 - 326 pages
...the high rate of speed which had been spoken of, and proceeded to examine the witness further on the subject. They supposed the case of the engine being...members of the committee pressed the witness a little farther. He put the following case : — ' Suppose, cow, one of these engines to be going along a railroad... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1868 - 524 pages
...the high rate of speed which had been spoken of, and proceeded to examine the witness farther on the subject. They supposed the case of the engine being...members of the committee pressed the witness a little farther. He put the following case : " Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad... | |
 | 1872 - 456 pages
...he energetically avowed .that he could make the locomotive go at the rate of twelve miles an hour. " One of the members of the committee pressed the witness a little further, and put the following case: 'Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the... | |
 | Adolph Sutro - 1872 - 100 pages
...when he energetically avowed that he could make the locomotive go at the rate of twelve miles an hour. One of the members of the committee pressed the witness a little further, and put the following case: "Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the... | |
 | Adolph Sutro - 1872 - 104 pages
...when he energetically avowed that he could make the locomotive go at the rate of twelve miles an hour. One of the members of the committee pressed the witness a little further, and put the following case; " Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the... | |
 | United States. Sutro Tunnel Commission - 1872 - 1086 pages
...when he energetically avowed that he could make the locomotive go at the rate of twelve miles an hour. One of the members of the committee pressed the witness a little further, and put the following case: "Suppose, now, one of these engines to he going along a railroad at the... | |
 | United States. Commission upon the Sutro Tunnel (1872) - 1872 - 492 pages
...when he energetically avowed that he conld make the locomotive go at the rate of twelve miles an honr. "One of the members of the committee pressed the witness a little fnrther, and pnt the following case: 'Snppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad... | |
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