10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TELPHERAGE»
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telpherage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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TELPHERAGE IN PRACTICAL USE. BY FREDERIK A. FERNALD. AVAST field of
application which electricity is only just entering upon is the transportation of
freight and passengers. The use of electric motors for propelling passenger-cars
on ...
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The New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment : ...
Capacity. and. Pit. Room. Trolley. Connection. The. Telpherage. System. Heating.
and. Lighting. New York City. It was adopted instead of corrugated iron, as it is
much more substantial, and it was considered preferable to brick, as the later ...
3
Electricity in the service of man
The expressions so obtained are not without interest, and agree with the results
of experiment Telpherage.—Another method available for the conveyance of
goods, though not forpassengers, is that of suspending the carriages from small ...
4
Mines and quarries 1902
Telpherage. — An interesting and novel application of electric traction methods is
to be found in the modern telpherage system. Up to the present time haulage of
ores and other raw material in connection with mining work has often been ...
United States. Census Office. 12th census, 1900, William Mott Steuart, United States. Bureau of the Census, 1905
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IRT Interborough Rapid Transit / the New York City Subway: ...
One of the most interesting features of the shops is the electric telpherage system
. This system runs the entire length of the north and south bays crossing the
middle hay or erection shop at each end, so that the telpherage hoist can pick up
in ...
The Interborough Transit Company, 2007
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Papers, Literary, Scientific, Etc.
These last years were indeed years of an excessive demand upon his vitality; he
was not only worn out with sorrow, he was worn out by hope. The singular
invention to which he gave the name of telpherage, had of late consumed his
time, ...
Fleeming Jenkin, Sidney Colvin, J. A. Ewing, 2014
"The system, called Telpherage, may be regarded as a development of what is
called in England the 'wire-rope haulage' system, by which freight is conveyed in
buckets suspended by a grip from an elevated wire cable. "In regard to possible ...
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Electricity: A Popular Electrical Journal ...
Telpherage is the automatic transportation of material by electricity, either
overhead,deslgnated as aerial telpherage; upon the surface, called surface
telpherage; and underpressed by Prof. John Perry, the Professor of Mechanical
Engineering ...
the shops, where they can be transferred to the telpherage hoist to be described
later. One of the most interesting features of the shops is the electric telpherage
system, which runs the entire length of the north and south bays, crossing the ...
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Iron and Machinery World
As much of the original work in telpherage was devoted to overhead cableways,
the meaning came gradually to be restricted to electric aerial transportation, but is
now generally restored to its original meaning and applies not only to ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TELPHERAGE»
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telpherage is used in the context of the following news items.
David Arnold - Glynde's mechanical marvel grounded by feat of clay
“Telpherage” was the name given to an electrically-powered transportation system able to take the place of horses. The name derives from Greek words – “tele” ... «Sussex Express, Oct 14»
Nov. 30: A St. Andrew's Day Salute to Scottish Inventors
Fleeming Jenkin: Inventor of telpherage, the system for moving an aerial tram using one fixed cable and another that pulls the car. Charles Macintosh: Inventor of ... «Wired News, Nov 09»
