. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels and canals, in various parts of the world . Tka Rocket, with a tram of Carriages Railway Scene. CHAPTER XVIII. The Rail-road system.—Province of the Legislature.—Formationof Railway Companies.—Economy of Railways.—Station-houses.—Supply of water and fuel, &c.—Locomotive Engineand its attendants.—Two Engines to one train.—Mile-stones.—Rapidity of transit.—Signals—day and night.—Police.—Im-proved Signals.—Telegi-aphs.—Steam-whistle.—Winds, effectsof.—Anemome
. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels and canals, in various parts of the world . Tka Rocket, with a tram of Carriages Railway Scene. CHAPTER XVIII. The Rail-road system.—Province of the Legislature.—Formationof Railway Companies.—Economy of Railways.—Station-houses.—Supply of water and fuel, &c.—Locomotive Engineand its attendants.—Two Engines to one train.—Mile-stones.—Rapidity of transit.—Signals—day and night.—Police.—Im-proved Signals.—Telegi-aphs.—Steam-whistle.—Winds, effectsof.—Anemometers.—Tunnels, salubrity of.—Variations in theconstruction of Railways.—Liverpool and Manchester,—Londonand Birmingham,—Great Western,—London and Brighton,—Loudon and Greenwich Railways.—Railways in Ireland.—Conclusion. In continuing the subject of rail-roads from the esta-blishment of the line which connects the two great toAvnsof Liverpool and Manchester, the natural course of ourinquiry would lead us to trace the origin and progress, notonly of the principal rail-roads of our own country, butthose also of other lands; and to conclude our volumewith a comp
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