The Technical World Magazine, Volume 6Technical World Company, 1907 |
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Page 30
... pound rails are employed throughout , and the road - bed is as sub- stantial as possible . The gauge is the standard 4 feet , 81⁄2 inches . Oil , fetched from Beaumont , Texas , in tank steamers by way of Port Arthur , is utilized ...
... pound rails are employed throughout , and the road - bed is as sub- stantial as possible . The gauge is the standard 4 feet , 81⁄2 inches . Oil , fetched from Beaumont , Texas , in tank steamers by way of Port Arthur , is utilized ...
Page 37
... pound steel rails and with a one per cent grade through the Sierra Nevada mountains , whereas the Central Pacific has a grade of 2.3 per cent . In point of distance the Central Pa- cific is 97 miles shorter than the Western Pacific as ...
... pound steel rails and with a one per cent grade through the Sierra Nevada mountains , whereas the Central Pacific has a grade of 2.3 per cent . In point of distance the Central Pa- cific is 97 miles shorter than the Western Pacific as ...
Page 40
... pounds to carload lots . The lay reader should not get the idea that " black sand " simply refers to one grade of sand to be found on the or- dinary ocean beach . In its broadest sig- nificance the term applies to the heavy sediment ...
... pounds to carload lots . The lay reader should not get the idea that " black sand " simply refers to one grade of sand to be found on the or- dinary ocean beach . In its broadest sig- nificance the term applies to the heavy sediment ...
Page 58
... pounds each , and so shipped to the large textile manufacturers , who are , in this country , practically the only consumers . The mass of pulp which remains after the starch is washed out consists of little but woody fiber ; and ...
... pounds each , and so shipped to the large textile manufacturers , who are , in this country , practically the only consumers . The mass of pulp which remains after the starch is washed out consists of little but woody fiber ; and ...
Page 89
... pounds ) , a load of 6,300 pounds per linear foot , regular traffic , and 12,600 pounds of conjested traffic ; on each elevated railroad track , a load of 52 tons on four axles ; on each street- car track , a load of 26 tons on two ...
... pounds ) , a load of 6,300 pounds per linear foot , regular traffic , and 12,600 pounds of conjested traffic ; on each elevated railroad track , a load of 52 tons on four axles ; on each street- car track , a load of 26 tons on two ...
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