Lever's year book; or Railway and mining almanack, by E. Lever. The Railway and the mine. Lever's illustrated year-book1861 |
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... period the journey between London and York required four days . From that time , however , the passenger traffic by stage - coaches began to increase . The principal ones travelled at a very rapid rate . In 1833 , the distance from ...
... period the journey between London and York required four days . From that time , however , the passenger traffic by stage - coaches began to increase . The principal ones travelled at a very rapid rate . In 1833 , the distance from ...
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... period from 1829 , to the present time , the quantity of fuel required for generating steam , has been diminished five- sixths , that is , six tons of fuel were formerly consumed for one at the present time ; other expenses from ...
... period from 1829 , to the present time , the quantity of fuel required for generating steam , has been diminished five- sixths , that is , six tons of fuel were formerly consumed for one at the present time ; other expenses from ...
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... periods which must be allowed for its phenomena to have taken place . The whole of the stratified rocks , which have been formed by processes similar to those now going on , viz . , the simple wasting of land , by rivers and seas , and ...
... periods which must be allowed for its phenomena to have taken place . The whole of the stratified rocks , which have been formed by processes similar to those now going on , viz . , the simple wasting of land , by rivers and seas , and ...
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... period , and more recent formations . The chalk and green sand rocks , also possess appearances much in common with other rocks , having brown sandstones and beds of clay interstratified with them ; so that the mineralogical structure ...
... period , and more recent formations . The chalk and green sand rocks , also possess appearances much in common with other rocks , having brown sandstones and beds of clay interstratified with them ; so that the mineralogical structure ...
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... period , and are confined to them alone . They may be found more or less abundantly in any block of limestone , or hillock of refuse shale ; the fossils found in a single layer of shale , which forms the roof of a mine in the Newcastle ...
... period , and are confined to them alone . They may be found more or less abundantly in any block of limestone , or hillock of refuse shale ; the fossils found in a single layer of shale , which forms the roof of a mine in the Newcastle ...
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Accountant aforesaid appointed arbitrator Auditors authorised average Bank Bankers beds Britain Canal carboniferous limestone Carlisle Charles Clearing House coal field coal measures coal mines coal seams colliery commenced Committee containing Counties Decimal district Ditto Dublin Edinburgh enable the Company England Euston Station extend faults feet in thickness formation fossil furnace gauge geological geologist George Street Glasgow Goniatites Hereford inches Inspector Ireland iron ironstone James John Junction Lancashire length Liverpool Locomotive Superintendent Lombard Street London Manchester manufactures miles miles.-Secretary millstone grit mineral Neil Robson Newcastle Newcastle-upon-Tyne North oolite owner or agent Parties Partnership Passenger persons Purposes Railway Company Railway Company).-Secretary Railway-Head Offices Receipts red sandstone Resident Engineer rocks Scotland seams of coal Secretary shaft shales Silurian Solicitors South Wales special rules species Sphenopteris Staffordshire Station Steam strata thereof Thomas tons Total Traffic Manager United Kingdom vegetable ventilation West Western Railway Westminster William yards Yorkshire
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Էջ 151 - ... shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, shall suffer death as a felon ; and if any person shall unlawfully and carnally know and abuse any girl, being above the age of ten years and under the age of twelve years...
Էջ 73 - A committee may meet and adjourn as they think proper: questions at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present : and in case of an equal division of votes the chairman shall have a casting vote.
Էջ 75 - Meeting ; and such Entry, so signed, shall be received as Evidence in all Courts, and before all Judges, Justices, and others, without Proof of such respective Meetings having been duly convened or held, or of the Persons making or entering such Orders or Proceedings being Shareholders or Directors...
Էջ 159 - Kingdom shall be paid into the receipt of Her Majesty's exchequer in such manner as the treasury may direct, and shall be carried to and form part of the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom; and all penalties recovered in any British possession shall be paid over into the public treasury of such possession, and form part of the public revenue thereof.
Էջ 153 - ... between the surface and the bottom of the shaft to the surface, and from the surface to the bottom of the shaft and to every entrance for the time being in work between the surface and the bottom of the shaft.
Էջ 70 - ... the Public, and of a considerable Saving of Expense in the transmission of Passengers, Animals, Minerals, and Goods over the Lines of the several Railway Companies parties to such Association ; but considerable difficulty has been experienced in carrying into effect the Objects of the Association, in consequence of the Committee not possessing the Power of prosecuting or defending Actions or Suits, or taking other legal Proceedings : And whereas George Carr Glyn, Esquire, is...
Էջ 152 - Majesty, it shall be lawful for One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, or in Ireland for the...
Էջ 168 - Convention for that purpose, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable George William Frederick, , Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's...
Էջ 9 - There be three things which make a nation great and prosperous : a fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyance for men and goods from place to place.
Էջ 159 - Pounds to be recovered in a summary Manner before Two Justices of the Peace...