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The making of the modern world. Part 2 (1851-1914)
Making of the modern world. Part 2 (1851-1914) UNAUTHORIZED
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Estimate of expenses -- Change of opinion -- Objections to the railway -- Opposition to the surveys -- Peculiar difficulties -- Old and new commercial houses -- Their peculiarities -- Their action with the new railway -- List of directors of the London and Birmingham -- Their character -- Proceedings in parliament -- Failure of the firs bill -- Indignant spirit excited -- Injustice of the opposition -- New circular -- Defence of some landowners -- Reprobation of others -- Opposition neutralised -- The bill passed -- Tunnels -- Scientific opinions concerning them -- Robert Stephenson -- Genius and ingenuity -- Transmission of genius -- Personal sketch of Robert Stephenson -- Railway statistics -- Railway charges -- Richard Creed -- His services and character -- Grand Junction -- Undertakings of Thomas Brassey -- Anecdote concerning him -- First tax on railways -- Great Western railway -- Its proposed capital -- Eton college and its opposition -- Rejection of the bill -- Public rejoicings -- Again brought forward -- Landowners and their opposition -- First proposal for the broad gauge -- Its causes -- Objections to it -- Personal sketch of Mr. Brunel -- London and Southampton railway -- Its history -- Change in its management -- Its cost -- Personal sketches of Mr. Locke and Mr. Chaplin -- London and Brighton railway -- London and Greenwich railway -- |
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South Eastern railway -- Mr. Bonham's bonus -- London and Blackwall raiiway [sic] -- London and Croydon [railway] -- London and Essex [railway] -- Its promises -- Eastern Counties railway -- Its prospectus -- Opposition -- Its abandonment -- Character of its directors -- Assumed expenses -- Its difficulties -- Lord Petre -- His difference with the company -- Misfortunes of the Eastern Counties -- Personal sketch of Samuel Morton Peto -- Railway legislation -- Measure of Mr. Morison -- Opposition to it -- Post-office difficulties -- Obnoxious railway bill -- Excitement of 1836 -- Prosperity of the country -- Increase of companies -- High price of shares -- Sanguine opinions -- Belief of Colonel Sibthorp -- Extraordinary projects -- Laxity of principle -- Tricks of projectors -- Tricks of landowners -- Reaction -- Panic in the city -- Distress of merchant and manufacturer -- Parliamentary inquiry into the law of partnership "en commandite." |
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The first roads in England -- Their danger -- The first recipient of tolls -- Difficulty of conveying goods -- The travelling merchant -- First legislative enactment concerning roads -- Improvements -- Tardiness of information -- Ignorance of the villager -- Cost of transmission -- Employment of the pack-horse -- The first coach -- Sir Henry Herbert's opinion -- Increasing enterprise -- Journey to Cambridge -- Mode of travelling by the nobility -- The pedler -- His importance -- Turnpikes general -- Circuitous state of the roads -- Forced labour unremunerative -- The highwayman -- His daring -- Danger to the traveller -- Travelling in Lancashire -- Increased competition -- Improved condition of the roads -- First proposal for a canal -- Its abandonment -- Francis, duke of Bridgewater -- James Brindley -- Obstacles in his path -- Public opinion -- John Gilbert -- His exertions -- Success of Mr. Brindley -- Advantages of the duke's canal -- Excitement concerning canals -- Prices of shares -- Origin of railroads -- The wooden ttramroad -- Lord Guilford's description -- Necessity for communication -- High price paid for way leaves -- Increased consumption of coal -- First trial of iron rails -- Description of the wooden roaods -- Discovery of steam power -- Its application -- Model of a steam-carriage -- The first locomotive -- Mr. Edgeworth's proposal -- |
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Imaginary difficulty -- Endeavours to overcome it -- Further discovery -- First locomotive of George Stephenson -- Stockton and Darling on railway -- Mr. Pease its originator -- Expectations of its projectors -- Its results -- Unjust assessment -- Its great effects -- List of railways to 1825 -- Considerations on railroads -- An organised system proposed -- Inquiry of the Society of Arts -- Theories of Dr. Anderson -- Increased speed necessary -- Thoams Gray -- HIs endeavours -- Increased importance of Liverpool and Manchester -- Improvements in machinery -- Increased business of Liverpool -- Increased business of Manchester -- The first steam-engine -- Sketch of the Manchester manufacturer -- His importance -- His patronage of science and art -- Deficiency of carriage power -- Its consequences -- Despotism of canal agents -- Opinion of fMr. Huskisson -- Opinion of the Duke of Bridgewater -- Proposals of Gray -- His enthusiasm -- Claims of William James -- Rival claims considered -- Liberality of Mr. Sandars -- Declaration of the merchants of Liverpool -- Railway committee formed -- Appliation to canal agent -- His reply -- First prospectus of the Liverpool and Manchester -- Interest created by it -- Opposition to its proposals -- |
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Change in the canal companies -- Extraordinary rumours and reports -- Opinions of the Quarterly review and Mr. Wood -- Their justification -- Opposition in committee -- Curious objections -- Abuse of Mr. Stephenson -- Peronalities towards him -- Mr. Stephenson's feelings -- The bill negatived -- Carelessness of the public -- New prospectus -- Its contents -- Mr. Stephenson superseded -- New survey -- Discussion in parliament -- Success of the bill -- Mr. Stephenson re-appointed -- Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester -- Their character -- Their names -- The locomotive -- Movements in its favour -- Objections to it -- Locomotive race -- Success of the "Rocket" -- Increased value of stock -- Description and difficulties of Chatmoss -- Henry Booth -- His services -- Demand for new railways -- Capital paid -- The Kentish railway -- Its directorate -- List of railroads proposed in 1825 -- Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester -- Death of Mr. Huskisson -- Success of the Liverpool and Manchester railway -- Comparison of the estimates with the receipts -- Personal sketch of George Stephenson -- His early life -- Its difficulties -- Mr. Stephenson and the safety lamp -- His opinion of the broad guage -- His growing importance -- Honours paid him -- His death -- Tributes to his memory -- Public opinions -- Depreciation of railway interests -- First proposal of the London and Birmingham -- Rival routes -- Opposition -- Increased importance of Birmingham -- Demand for increased accommodation -- First prospectus -- |
| General note | Reproduction from the The Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Learning, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
