| John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1866 - 370 pages
...the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rollers fitting those rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldrons of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchant. Made to be drawn by horses, these... | |
| George Dodd - Railroads - 1867 - 376 pages
...colliery down to the river exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy...one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coal, and is an immense benefit to the coal-merchants.' This account, as is obvious, refers to a mode... | |
| John Timbs - Inventions - 1868 - 448 pages
...the colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel; and bulky carts made with four rowlets fitting these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw four or five chaldron of coals, and is of immense benefit to the coal merchant." These ways were much... | |
| Horace Greeley - Industries - 1872 - 1318 pages
...colliery down to the river exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy...one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coal." Along one of these colliery tramways the English cannon were posted at the battle of Prestonpans,... | |
| Horace Greeley - Industries - 1872 - 1318 pages
...colliery down to the river exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlcts fitting these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy...one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coal." Along one of these colliery tramways the English cannon were posted at the battle of Prestonpans,... | |
| Richard Fynes - Coal miners - 1873 - 340 pages
...a great novelty, are thus described by Lord Keeper Guildford. " The manner of the carriage of coals is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down...so easy, that one horse will draw down four or five chaldrons of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants." Sir Thomas Liddell, of Ravensworth... | |
| Archaeology - 1873 - 670 pages
...colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy...chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchant." While on this subject I cannot resist the inclination to quote the opinion of no less an... | |
| Society of Engineers (London, England) - Engineering - 1874 - 266 pages
...colliery down to the river exactly straight and parallel, and bulky carts are made with rowlets, or wheels fitting these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldrons of coals. In situations where these roads were inclined no horse was required to draw the... | |
| 1874 - 270 pages
...colliery down to the river exactly straight and parallel, and bulky carts are made with rowlets, or wheels fitting these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldrons of coals. In situations where these roads were inclined no horse was required to draw the... | |
| Thomas Allan Croal - Transportation - 1877 - 652 pages
...colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldrons of coals, and ia an immense benefit to the coal-merchants." There is mention made of tramways... | |
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