 The blower whistled, the steam blew off in vapory clouds, the pace increased, the passengers shouted, the engine gained on the horse, soon it lapped him — the silk was plied — the race was neck and neck, nose and nose — then the engine passed the...  Railroads, Their Origin and Problems - Page 46by Charles Francis Adams - 1886 - 230 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Thomas SCHARF - Baltimore (Md.) - 1874 - 774 pages
...wheels set the blower to work. The horse was perhaps a quarter of a mile ahead when the safety- valveof the engine lifted, and the thin blue vapor issuing...when the gray's master was about giving up, the band driving the pulley which drove the blower slipped from the drum, the safety-valve ceased to scream,... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf - Baltimore (Md.) - 1874 - 772 pages
...wheels set the blower to work. The horse was perhaps a quarter of a mile ahead when the safety-valve of the engine lifted, and the thin blue vapor issuing...victory. But it was not repeated, for just at this time wheti tho gray's master was about giving up, the baud driving the pulley which drove the blower slipped... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf - Baltimore (Md.) - 1874 - 786 pages
...shouted, the engine gained on the horse, soon it lapped him, the silk was plied, the race was neclcand neck, nose and nose, then the engine passed the horse,...when the gray's master was about giving up, the band driving the pulley which drove the blower slipped from the drum, the safety-valve ceased to scream,... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf - Baltimore (Md.) - 1874 - 776 pages
...lapped him, the silk was plied, the race was neck and neck, nose and nose, then the engine passed >t he horse, and a great hurrah hailed the victory. But...when the gray's master was about giving up, the band driving the pulley which drove the blower slipped from the drum, the safety-valve ceased to scream,... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf - Baltimore (Md.) - 1874 - 788 pages
...the silk was plied, the race was neck and neck, nose and nose, then the engine passed the horse, und a great hurrah hailed the victory. But it was not...when the gray's master was about giving up, the band driving the pulley which drove the blower slipped from the drum, the safety-valve ceased to scream,... | |
 | Emory Edwards - Locomotives - 1883 - 442 pages
...the passengers shouted, the engine gained on the horse ; soon it lapped — the silk was applied — the race was neck and neck, nose and nose — then...gray's master was about giving up, the band which drove the pulley which moved the blower slipped from the drum, the safety-valve ceased to scream, and... | |
 | Richard Pike - Railroads - 1884 - 318 pages
...vapour issuing from it showed an excess of steam. The blower whistled, the steam blew off in vapoury clouds, the pace increased, the passengers shouted,...was not repeated, for, just at this time, when the grey's master was about giving up, the band which draws the pulley which moved the blower slipped from... | |
 | Richard Pike - 1884 - 304 pages
...the horse, soon it lapped him—the silk was plied—the race was neck and neck, nose and nose—then the engine passed the horse, and a great hurrah hailed...was not repeated, for, just at this time, when the grey's master was about giving up, the band which draws the pulley which moved the blower slipped from... | |
 | William Sloane Kennedy - Railroads - 1884 - 312 pages
...engine gained on the horse, lapped him, the silk was applied, the race was neck-and-neck, nose-to-nose; then the engine passed the horse, and a great hurrah hailed the victory. But just at this moment, when the gray's master was about giving up, the band which turned the pulley that... | |
 | Charles B. George - Railroads - 1887 - 274 pages
...shouted, the engine gained on the horse, the silk was applied, the race was neck-and-neck, nose-to-nose ; then the engine passed the horse, and a great hurrah hailed the victory. But just at this moment, when the gray's master was about giving up, the band which turned the pulley that... | |
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