Railway Revolution 1825-1845PDF电子书下载

HOW THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY WAS BUILT 3

The North-Western Railway Company is Formed，1845 5

The Liverpool Meeting，1824 8

Surveying the Line 13

In Parliament 14

Laying the Track 16

The Rainhill Trials，1829 19

The Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway，1830 28

A Great Success 31

The Battle of the Gauges 33

RAILWAYS IN THE FIRST PART OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 35

The People in the Story 35

Railways before the Steam Engine was Invented 37

The Use of Steam to Drive Machines 40

The Invention of the Piston and Cylinder Engine 41

Moving Steam Engines (Locomotives) 42

Improving the Steam Engine 42

Wheels and Rails 50

Gauge 56

How Engines got Fresh Supplies of Water 58

Railway Carriages 59

Building the Line 62

Signalling 69

The Telegraph is Invented 70

Stations 73

The Railway Timetable 77

The Railway Companion 79

What People Wrote about Railways 80

Railway Mania 85

Results of having Railways across the Country 87

THINGS TO DO 89

GLOSSARY 91