Readings for Railways: Or, Anecdotes and Other Short Stories, Reflectons, Maxims, Characteristics, Passages of Wit, Humour, and Poetry; Etc. Together with Points of Information on Matters of General Interest. Collected in the Course of His Own ReadingC. Gilpin, 1849 - 136 Seiten |
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... person who is sta- tionary . He found that the sound of a whistle on an engine , stationary on the line , was heard by a passenger in a rapid train to give a different note , in a different key , from that in which it was heard by a person ...
... person who is sta- tionary . He found that the sound of a whistle on an engine , stationary on the line , was heard by a passenger in a rapid train to give a different note , in a different key , from that in which it was heard by a person ...
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... person's hand , regulated the notes , and , placing his own mouth to the other end of the tube , " God save the Queen was played at a distance of 100 feet from the person giving the flute breath . Turning to the Bishop of St. David's ...
... person's hand , regulated the notes , and , placing his own mouth to the other end of the tube , " God save the Queen was played at a distance of 100 feet from the person giving the flute breath . Turning to the Bishop of St. David's ...
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... persons who appeared to doubt that rain of this description had fallen . He had received communications on the subject from persons res ding in several of the districts in which the rain had descended , and he was in a position to state ...
... persons who appeared to doubt that rain of this description had fallen . He had received communications on the subject from persons res ding in several of the districts in which the rain had descended , and he was in a position to state ...
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Transmission of Money | 5 |
Spontaneous Gases | 12 |
The Cutting Property | 19 |
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