 | Franc Bangs Wilkie - 1883 - 700 Seiten
...worked by steam-power! " * In 1825, a writer, in referring to the expectations of Stephenson, said: "It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculator will be realized, and that we shall see engines traveling at the rate of twelve, sixteen,... | |
 | William Conant Church - 1891 - 342 Seiten
...promulgate to the world that the individual expectation, or rather profession of the enthusiastic specialist will •be realized and that we shall see engines travelling at the ratu of twelve, sixteen, eighteen, or twenty miles an hour. Nothing conld do more harm toward their... | |
 | American Railway Master Mechanics' Association - 1899 - 338 Seiten
...specification was received with ridicule by the most eminent engineers of the day. One of them said, " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...speculatist, will be realized, and that we shall see engines traveling at the rate of twelve, sixteen, eighteen and twenty miles an hour. Nothing can do more harm... | |
 | 1909 - 808 Seiten
...all along in the van of railway progress, and who could see further ahead than most men. declared, ' It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic specialist will be realised, and that we ehall see them travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen,... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - 1909 - 942 Seiten
...6J miles." In the first edition of Nicholas Wood's Treatise on Railways, 1829, occurs this passage: "It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic specialist, will be realized, and that we shall see them travelling at the rate of 12, 16, 18, or 20... | |
 | Frederick Albert Cleveland, Fred Wilbur Powell - 1909 - 412 Seiten
...yet be considered only in their infancy, and as not having reached beyond the trammels of prejudice. It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculist will be reached, and that we shall see them traveling at the rate of 12, 1 6, 1 8, or 20... | |
 | William T. Jackman - 1916 - 380 Seiten
...more reasonable view, Nicholas Wood, who was recognized as an expert in railway affairs, declared : " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculisi will be realized, and that we shall see them travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen, eighteen,... | |
 | Arthur Percy Morris Fleming, Harold John Brocklehurst - 1925 - 330 Seiten
...performance, the following words of Nicholas, a recognized railway expert of that day, may be quoted: "It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world that the ridiculous expectations or other professions of the enthusiastic specialist will be realized, and that we shall see them travelling... | |
 | Ernest Hanbury Hankin - 1928 - 324 Seiten
...prejudice, to have one in favour of railways. His book, however, contained the following statement : " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculist will be realised, and that we shall see engines travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen,... | |
 | W. Turrentine Jackman - 1962 - 870 Seiten
...more reasonable view, Nicholas Wood, who was recognized as an expert in railway affairs, declared : " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculist will be realized, and that we shall see them travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen, eighteen,... | |
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It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world that the ridiculous expectations, or rather professions of the enthusiastic speculatist will be realized, and that we shall see engines travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen, eighteen, or treenty miles... 
