Sujet

Cross section of the tube, &c., 1845. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Cross section of the tube, &c., 1845. Diagram showing the workings of an atmospheric railway, a system using air pressure for locomotion, invented by Clegg and Samuda. 'To the leading carriage of every train a piston is attached by a bent plate; on the piston-rod are four wheels, two before and two behind the bent plate, so that when the piston is in the pipe, these wheels raise the valve, and prevent it from touching the bent plate. In this manner a communication is made between the piston in the pipe and the leading carriage'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM21A07_178

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,7Mo (1,3Mo) / 42,0cm x 29,7cm / 4960 x 3502 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation technology railways British railway innovation railway line Victorian century railway tracks public transport Britain train track newspapers railway track press concept B&W valve piston 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN newspaper engraving Unknown Samuel Samuel Clegg Clegg Joseph Samuda Samuda Jacob Joseph Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda Joseph d'Aguilar Jacob Samuda