. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . Track Inspection Car. LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS. 149. Velocipe«le Hand Car. of railway carriage. The faces of men do notdiffer more than do the details of railway car-riage, albeit the differencesare not radical. The wealth,culture and surroundings ofnations influence their con-structive ideas in this field asthey do in that of buildingsand other concomitants oflife. The illustrations em-bodied herein show this. Utility is, however, thepredominant idea with all. Ideality does notenter into the subject or only in a minor best to meet
. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . Track Inspection Car. LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS. 149. Velocipe«le Hand Car. of railway carriage. The faces of men do notdiffer more than do the details of railway car-riage, albeit the differencesare not radical. The wealth,culture and surroundings ofnations influence their con-structive ideas in this field asthey do in that of buildingsand other concomitants oflife. The illustrations em-bodied herein show this. Utility is, however, thepredominant idea with all. Ideality does notenter into the subject or only in a minor best to meet the re-quirements of the serviceis the all-absorbingthought with every build-er. The problem he setshimself to solve is to con-struct a nuichine that willdo a given amount ofwork at the least cost forthe machine itself; thatwill be economical aboveall others, according tothe work it performs, asregards fuel and otherincidentals which enterinto its operations; thatshall be durable andtrustworthv; that can be
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