 | 1909 - 808 pagine
...all along in the van of railway progress, and who could see further ahead than most men. declared, ' It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic specialist will be realised, and that we ehall see them travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen,... | |
 | Frederick Albert Cleveland, Fred Wilbur Powell - 1909 - 412 pagine
...yet be considered only in their infancy, and as not having reached beyond the trammels of prejudice. It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculist will be reached, and that we shall see them traveling at the rate of 12, 1 6, 1 8, or 20... | |
 | William T. Jackman - 1916 - 380 pagine
...more reasonable view, Nicholas Wood, who was recognized as an expert in railway affairs, declared : " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculisi will be realized, and that we shall see them travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen, eighteen,... | |
 | Arthur Percy Morris Fleming, Harold John Brocklehurst - 1925 - 330 pagine
...performance, the following words of Nicholas, a recognized railway expert of that day, may be quoted: "It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world that the ridiculous expectations or other professions of the enthusiastic specialist will be realized, and that we shall see them travelling... | |
 | Ernest Hanbury Hankin - 1928 - 324 pagine
...prejudice, to have one in favour of railways. His book, however, contained the following statement : " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculist will be realised, and that we shall see engines travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen,... | |
 | W. Turrentine Jackman - 1962 - 870 pagine
...more reasonable view, Nicholas Wood, who was recognized as an expert in railway affairs, declared : " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculist will be realized, and that we shall see them travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen, eighteen,... | |
 | Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies - 1924 - 786 pagine
...the Spectator in 1825, after pointing out the advantages of the steam railway, went on to say : — " It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world that the ridiculous expectations of the enthusiastic specialist will be realised and that we shall see engines travelling at the rate... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 2001 - 240 pagine
...speculations of the ' Scotsman' as well as of his equally sanguine friend Stephenson, observed .— "It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world...expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculist will be realised, and that we shall see engines travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen,... | |
 | Christopher McGowan - 2004 - 410 pagine
...of the locomotive at that time may explain why Nicholas Wood, of all people, should have predicted: It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world that the ridiculous expectations ... of the enthusiastic specialist will be realised, and that we shall see engines travelling at the... | |
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It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world that the ridiculous expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculist will be realised, and that we shall see engines travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen, eighteen, or twenty miles... 
