 We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate. We will back old Father Thames against the Woolwich...  The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer - Page 224by Samuel Smiles - 1858 - 557 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Francis Maguire - 1857 - 504 pages
...and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage-coaches ? We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to...Sylvester, is as great as can be ventured on with safety." WHY RAILWAYS DID NOT PREVIOUSLY EXIST. 373 concession, have sold it — and thus the project has been... | |
 | John Francis Maguire - Papal States - 1858 - 500 pages
...should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve'a ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy...Sylvester, is as great as can be ventured on with safety." another, to the indignation of the Government, and the disgust of the people. I have proofs before... | |
 | Society of Friends - 1858 - 836 pages
...machine going at such a rate. We will back old Father Thames against the Woolwich Railway for any sum. Wo trust that Parliament will, in all railways it may...Sylvester is as great as can be ventured on with safety." _ Most of the practical and scientific men in the kingdom shared these opinions. George Stephenson... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1859 - 384 pages
...of such a machine going at such a rate. We will back old Father Thames against the Woolwich Eailway for any sum. We trust that Parliament will, in all...great as can be ventured on with safety." The article was, however, in other respects so favourable to the proposed railway, that allegations were even made... | |
 | John Timbs - Astronomy - 1859 - 312 pages
...railways it may sanction, limit the speed to eight or nine miles an hour, which we entirely agrvt? with Mr. Sylvester is as great as can be ventured on with safety. The Locomotive Steam-engine dates long after the R-ulway ; and the directors of the Liverpool and Manchester... | |
 | John Timbs - Inventions - 1860 - 478 pages
...palpably ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches ! We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to...Sylvester is as great as can be ventured on with safety. In 1819, Stephenson turned, for the owners of Hetton Colliery, their tram-road into a railway ; and,... | |
 | John Timbs - Discoveries in science - 1860 - 432 pages
...stagecoaches ! We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired-off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust...Sylvester is as great as can be ventured on with safety. In 1819, Stephenson turned, for the owners of Hetton Colliery, their tram-road into a railway ; and... | |
 | Thomas Greenbury - 1860 - 154 pages
...expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's richochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such...Sylvester, is as great as can be ventured on with safety." Most of the practical and scientific men in the kingdom shared these opinions. One civil engineer designated... | |
 | John Francis Maguire - Papal States - 1860 - 502 pages
...sum. We trust that Parliament will, in all railways it may sanction, litnit tlie speed to eic/Ji.t or nine miles an hour, which, we entirely agree with...Sylvester, is as great as can be ventured on with safety" another, to the indignation of the Government, and the disgust of the people. I have proofs before... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Engineers - 1862 - 558 pages
...ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fa-st as stage - coaches ! We would as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves...Sylvester is as great as can be ventured on with safety." SMtVEYING ON THAT ilOSS CHAP. XI. THE PARLIAMENTARY CONTEST. 201 CHAPTER XI. PARLIAMENTARY CONTEST... | |
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