Steam navigation growth risks free sound transit with tolls
The rise of steam navigation over recent years reduces skippers' incentive to leave free Sound passage in exchange for potential savings of a day or two yet face heavy canal tolls.
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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 21, 1865
Page
4
Best Mode of Working Metropolitan Railways
A paper by Peter Barlow F.R.S. argues stationary power at stations could propel trains to the next stop without locomotives, especially where stations are close. He cites experiments showing efficiency gains and discusses cheaper, simpler terminal operations, noting atmospheric options and cost estimates for a 40-ton train on a three and a half mile line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Barlow
F.R.S
Society of Arts
W. Hawes
Barlow
Metropolitan
Barlow proposes stationary power as substitute for locomotive use
In a brief after address, Mr. Barlow argued that stationary power could, under certain conditions, replace locomotive effort on lines like the Metropolitan. He provided model proofs and urged thorough investigation while critics warned of gravity, friction, and habitual breakdowns harming public and shareholders. A vote of thanks capped the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barlow
Ben Read
Z. Colburn
Johnson
Webster
Vignolles
Chubb
Metropolitan
Lord Advocate on English Law and Scottish Feeling
The Lord Advocate spoke to the Scottish Trade Protection Society in Edinburgh on the English Law of Bankruptcy and the state of Anglo Scottish feeling. He noted mutual prejudice, national pride, and mutual alarms at perceived encroachments, urging caution and reform through example while reflecting on English versus Scottish legal and cultural identities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.P
Scottish Trade Protection Society
Edinburgh
Queenstreet Hall
Bailie Mossman
England
Scotland
Tweed
Jurisprudence of
Westminster Hall
Court of Chancery
London
Bute
Mansfield
Wilkes
Junius
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