 The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down...  Knowledge is Power - Page 164by Charles Knight - 1866 - 426 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 782 pages
...leave to lead coals over their ground ; and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect £20 per annum for this leave. The manner of the carriage...these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal-merchants.'... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - 1851 - 752 pages
...moderate distance from the pits to the place of shipping. They are thus mentioned in li>76 : — '• The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rollers fitting those... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - 1851 - 700 pages
...coals a moderate distance from the pits to the place of shipping. They arc thus mentioned in 1676 : — "The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts arc made with four rollers fitting those... | |
 | Frederick Smeeton Williams - 1852 - 430 pages
...leave to lead coals over the ground, and so dear, that the owner of a rood of ground will expect £20 per annum for this leave. The manner of the carriage...these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy, that one horse will draw four or five chaldrons of coals, and is of immense benefit to the coal merchants."*... | |
 | Frederick Smeeton Williams - 1852 - 418 pages
...leave to lead coals over the ground, and so dear, that the owner of a rood of ground will expect £20 per annum for this leave. The manner of the carriage...rails of timber from the colliery down to the river, exactly-straight and parallel, and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails, whereby... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - 1853 - 738 pages
...a moderate distance from the pits to the place of shipping. They are thus mentioned in 1676 : — " The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rollers fitting those... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - 1853 - 776 pages
...a moderate distance from the pits to the place of shipping. They are thus mentioned in 1676 :— " The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery to the river, exactly straight and parallel; and bulky carts are made with four rollers fitting those... | |
 | William Chambers - 1854 - 560 pages
...leave to lead coals over their ground ; and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect £20 per annum for this leave. The manner of the carriage...these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal-merchants.'... | |
 | William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe - 1854 - 610 pages
...to lead coals over their ground, and so dear, that the owner of a rood of ground will expect ~20l. per annum for this leave. The manner of the carriage...these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy, that one horse will draw down four or five chaldrons of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal-merchants.''... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1854 - 582 pages
...Social Influence. By Frederick S. Williams. With numerous illustrations. London : Ingram. VOL. V.— 25 "The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery to the rirer, exactly strait and parallel, and bulky cart« are made with rowlets, fitting these rails,... | |
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