...they are in no danger of being sea-sick while they are on shore. . . . But with all these assurances, we should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off by one of •-ongreve's ricochet rockets as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at...

...the people of Woolwich to surfer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet-rockets as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate!" It was during Stephenson's examination before a committee of the House of Commons, in relation to this...

...said the writer, that people would as soon suffer themselves to be fired off like a Congreve rocket, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate, the rale of eighteen miles an hour. How fallible are even writers in reviews, for as our young readers...

...which it was considered that twice the velocity of coaches might be attained, the same paper remarked, "We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to...the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate." The opposition thus manifested had not the effect of deterring to any considerable extent the development...

...which it was considered that twice the velocity of coaches might be attained, the same paper remarked, "We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to...the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate." The opposition thus manifested had not the effect of deterring to any considerable extent the development...

...cast, especially by the Quarterly Review, which assured its readers that the people "would as soon suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's...as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine (a high-pressure engine) and going at such a rate (eighteen or twenty miles an hour)." Criticizing...

..."We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to be fired off on one of Congreve's rockets as to trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate." Once a practical Hying machine existed, the uses to which it might be applied arc varied and important....

.... . . may delude for a time, but must end iu the mortification of those concerned. . . We would us soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves...the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate. We would back old Father Thames against the Woolwich Railway for any tmm." Stephenson himself, in evidence...

...absurd and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as horses? We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to...themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's rockets, as to trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate. We trust that...

...engine . . . may delude for a time, but must end iu the mortification of those concerned. . . We would as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Confrere's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate....