10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRAKESMAN»
Discover the use of
brakesman in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
brakesman and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
APPOINTED BRAKESMAN— HIS DUTIES. 117 in to the brake. ' But one day, as
Mr. Charles Mxon, the manager of the pit, was observed approaching, Coe
adopted an expedient which put a stop to the opposition. He called upon
Stephenson ...
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Lives of the Engineers, with an Account of Their Principal ...
DUTIES OF BRAKESMAN. 33 quently happens that the young workman about
the collieries, when selecting a lodging, contrives to pitch his tent where the
daughter of the house ultimately becomes his wife. This is often the real attraction
that ...
On catching sight of the chain attached to the ascending corve-cage, the
brakesman, by pressing his foot upon a foot-step near him, was enabled, with
great precision, to stop the revolutions of the wheel, and arrest the ascent of the
corves at ...
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A Dictionary of North East Dialect
EDD distribution to 1900: Nth, wMids 2. "to breade - to spread" Ray 1674; "brade,
braid - to publish abroad: 'he brades it out everywhere.. .'"Atkinson Cleve 1868.
EDD distribution to 1900: general. [OE braedan 'to spread'] brakesman man in ...
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Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong
Two particularly popular ones were Constance Fenimore Woolson's "Only the
Brakesman," which began: "Only the brakesman killed" — say, was that what they
said? The brakesman was our Joe; so then — our Joe is dead! Dead? Dead?
Norm Cohen, David Cohen, 2000
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Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer
A sinker relied on his physical prowess, and as a result his wages were cor—
respondingly high. There is also some evidence to suggest that Margaret's father
had worked at the Hazard pit as a “brakesman”—the engineman who attended to
...
7
We Were There: An Eyewitness History of the Twentieth Century
I worked myself carefully towards him and woke him. Although I had great
difficulty in waking him, he swore that he was not asleep. I had scarcely done this
when a lantern was shown from the top of the car, and a brakesman's voice
hailed us.
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Committees and Commissions in India: 1947 - 73 ; a Concept's ...
G.R. 125: Train waiting at Outer or Home signal - When a train has without
apparent cause been kept standing at an Outer or Home signal for five minutes,
the Driver shall sound his whistle to warn the Guard, and the Brakesman shall
proceed ...
Virendra Kumar, S P Agrawal, Virendra Kumar, 1994
9
The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp
I worked myself carefully towards him and woke him. Although I had great
difficulty in waking him, he swore that he was not asleep. I had scarcely done this
when a lantern was shown from the top of the car, and a brakesman's voice
hailed us.
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The Life of Robert Stephenson, F.R.S.
While he was acting as brakesman at Black Callerton, his father and his brothers
James and John continued to work at Walbottle colliery, where the engineer was
Robert Hawthorn, the ingenious and enterprising man whose sons still carry on ...
John Cordy Jeaffreson, William Pole, 2014
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRAKESMAN»
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brakesman is used in the context of the following news items.
Bobsleigh World Championships 2015: Daily Results Tracker …
The two-man bobsledder defended his World Championships title in the event alongside brakesman Thorsten Margis, winning the event in ... «Bleacher Report, Feb 15»
Napa Valley's Summit Lake Vineyards Comes to Rhode Island with …
Summit Lake was established in 1971 when my Dad, Bob Brakesman, purchased the property. He had recently graduated with a degree in ... «Eat Drink RI, Dec 14»
Bobsleigh: Peterborough's Ashley Watson in Europa Cup team
Watson first took up bobsleigh as a brakesman in May 2012 and in the summer of 2013 he gained a place in the GB junior set-up. In 2014 he ... «Peterborough Telegraph, Oct 14»
Peace Water
Brian Brakesman of Summit Lake Vineyards and Winery on Howell Mountain above Napa Valley made the list. Brian said he was intrigued by ... «NUVO Newsweekly, Oct 14»
Melbourne greats: surprisingly local origins of everything from the …
It is also one of a handful of roller-coasters that requires a brakesman, who stands in the middle of the train. 1914: FIRST COLES (VARIETY) ... «Herald Sun, Jul 14»
Booklet hints at Placentia area's larger story
Tom Foley was engineer, John Hutchings was brakesman and a very young man named Tom Hennesburg was on board. The train, however ... «The Telegram, Apr 14»
Blucher sculpture coming back home as part of 200th anniversary …
... worked as a brakesman at Killingworth Pit and went on to become a railway pioneer and industrialist renowned as the Father of Railways'. «The Journal, Mar 14»
Sochi games brought back memories for bobsledder
During his time as a brakesman with Team GB, Alan went on to win several medals and prestigious titles including the 1985 World Cup at ... «Hinckley Times, Feb 14»
Snubbed Olympic hopeful faces tough decision
If she does try for Pyeongchang, she will not do so as a brakesman. She would likely train as a pilot instead. The thought has even crossed her ... «Yahoo Sports, Feb 14»
Magic moments: A glance back at Sochi 2014
First, he piloted the Russian two-man sled to gold with brakesman Alexey Voevoda, finishing ahead of Beat Hefti's Switzerland-1 and Steven ... «Olympic, Feb 14»
