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British Railway Stinks
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Author : David Smith
language : en
Publisher: Gresley
Release Date : 2020-02-08
British Railway Stinks written by David Smith and has been published by Gresley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-08 with Transportation categories.
The first railway chemical laboratory was opened in 1864 by the London & North Western Railway at Crewe, and the last ones lost their direct link to the rail industry on their privatisation in 1996. Whatever their expertise, every railway chemist or 'stink' has been asked the same question: “What do you actually do”? That is precisely the question this book attempts to answer. It covers many aspects of the work, from a BR chemist going to San Francisco to blow up a water melon to declaring an empty coal wagon a confined space; from whitewashing a passenger train, in service, in a couple of seconds to questioning, on chemical grounds, the mental state of the chairman of British Rail; from gassing weevils to setting fire to a canal in Derby. British Railway Stinks tells the unusual, astonishing and sometimes downright hilarious story of the railway ‘nuts’ who decided what exactly the ‘wrong kind of leaves’ were.
British Railway Stinks
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Author : David Smith
language : en
Publisher: Mortons Books
Release Date : 2019-11-22
British Railway Stinks written by David Smith and has been published by Mortons Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-22 with Transportation categories.
The first railway chemical laboratory was opened in 1864 by the London & North Western Railway at Crewe, and the last ones lost their direct link to the rail industry on their privatisation in 1996. Whatever their expertise, every railway chemist or 'stink' has been asked the same question: "What do you actually do"? That is precisely the question this book attempts to answer. It covers many aspects of the work, from a BR chemist going to San Francisco to blow up a water melon to declaring an empty coal wagon a confined space; from whitewashing a passenger train, in service, in a couple of seconds to questioning, on chemical grounds, the mental state of the chairman of British Rail; from gassing weevils to setting fire to a canal in Derby. British Railway Stinks tells the unusual, astonishing and sometimes downright hilarious story of the railway 'nuts' who decided what exactly the 'wrong kind of leaves' were.
British Railway Stinks
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Author : David Smith
language : en
Publisher: Gresley
Release Date : 2020-02-08
British Railway Stinks written by David Smith and has been published by Gresley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-08 with Chemistry categories.
The life and work of Britain's last railway chemists - the men who defined the 'wrong sort of leaves'.
Before Rocket
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Author : Anthony Dawson
language : en
Publisher: Gresley
Release Date : 2020-06-17
Before Rocket written by Anthony Dawson and has been published by Gresley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-17 with Transportation categories.
Rocket is perhaps one of the best-known railway locomotives in history. Entered by George and Robert Stephenson and Henry Booth for the Rainhill Trials of October 1829, Rocket was the outright victor and paved the way for the dominance of the steam railway as the major means of communication for the next hundred years or more. But Rocket was not ‘the first’ locomotive – that honor goes to the work of Cornishman Richard Trevithick, while the Middleton Railway saw the first commercial use of steam locomotives in 1812. This book sets out to chart the development of the steam locomotive from its birth with Richard Trevithick up to the momentous year of 1829, showing just how far the locomotive had come in a quarter of century, to go on to be the world-changing invention it became.
The North British Railway
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Author : Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
The North British Railway written by Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with categories.
The Great Stink Of London
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Author : Stephen Halliday
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2001-02-15
The Great Stink Of London written by Stephen Halliday and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-15 with Technology & Engineering categories.
'An extraordinary history' PETER ACKROYD, The Times 'A lively account of (Bazalgette's) magnificent achievements. . . graphically illustrated' HERMIONE HOBHOUSE 'Halliday is good on sanitary engineering and even better on cloaca, crud and putrefaction . . . (he) writes with the relish of one who savours his subject and has deeply researched it. . . splendidly illustrated' RUTH RENDELL In the sweltering summer of 1858, sewage generated by over two million Londoners was pouring into the Thames, producing a stink so offensive that it drove Members of Parliament from the chamber of the House of Commons. The Times called the crisis 'The Great Stink'. Parliament had to act – drastic measures were required to clean the Thames and to improve London's primitive system of sanitation. The great engineer entrusted with this enormous task was Sir Joseph Bazalgette, who rose to the challenge and built the system of intercepting sewers, pumping stations and treatment works that serves London to this day. In the process, he cleansed the Thames and helped banish cholera. The Great Stink of London offers a vivid insight into Bazalgette's achievements and the era in which he worked and lived, including his heroic battles with politicians and bureaucrats that would transform the face and health of the world's then largest city.
The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3 4
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Author : Sue Townsend
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2012-01-19
The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3 4 written by Sue Townsend and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-19 with Fiction categories.
'My comfort read. The best diaries ever written' ADAM KAY, GUARDIAN 'Every child in the country should receive a copy on their thirteenth birthday' CAITLIN MORAN 'One of literature's most endearing figures. Mole is an excellent guide for all of us' OBSERVER **In 2022 Sue Townsend was awarded the Legacy Achievement Award by the Comedy Women in Print prize** AS SEEN IN THE TIMES ________ Friday January 2nd I felt rotten today. It's my mother's fault for singing 'My Way' at two o'clock in the morning at the top of the stairs. Just my luck to have a mother like her. There is a chance my parents could be alcoholics. Next year I could be in a children's home. Meet Adrian Mole, a hapless teenager providing an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into adolescent life as he writes candidly about the dog, his parents' marital troubles and life as a tortured poet and 'misunderstood intellectual.' Forty years after it first appeared, Sue Townsend's comic masterpiece continues to be rediscovered by new generations of readers. ________ 'The UK's bestselling fiction book of the eighties and one of the great comic creations of the past half-century. Impeccable comic timing, evergreen comic writing. I had more pure reading pleasure than from any other book I read this year' John Self, The Times 'Reading The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole when I was 14 felt quite like an awakening' GREG DAVIES, Sunday Times 'Townsend has held a mirror up to the nation and made us happy to laugh at what we see' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'One of Britain's most celebrated comic writers' GUARDIAN
The British Empire
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Author : Stephen W. Sears
language : en
Publisher: New Word City
Release Date : 2014-09-10
The British Empire written by Stephen W. Sears and has been published by New Word City this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-10 with History categories.
In 1815, the British controlled the seas. Before the end of the nineteenth century, they ruled Australia, India, New Zealand, half of Africa, half of North America, and islands all around the globe. Theirs was the most powerful empire the world has ever known. Here is the story of how the English acquired their vast domain; how they ruled, maintained, and exploited it; and how, within decades, they presided over its dissolution. Here are Britain's triumphs and also her stinging defeats, her heroes and her scoundrels. It is a full and fascinating chronicle of the growth of the British Empire and its people and of the impact that empire had on the rest of the world.
Railway Age
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951
Railway Age written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with Railroads categories.
Scents Of China
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Author : Xuelei Huang
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2023-08-10
Scents Of China written by Xuelei Huang and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-10 with History categories.
A pioneering cultural history of smell in China from the High Qing to the Mao period.