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WORKS BY EDWIN A. PRATT.A HISTORY OF INLAND TRANSPORT ANDCOMMUNICATION IN ENGLAND.CONTENTS.
CHAP.IIntroductoryIIBritain's Earliest RoadsIIIRoads and the ChurchIVEarly Trading ConditionsVEarly Road LegislationVIEarly CarriagesVIILoads, Wheels and RoadsVIIIThe Coaching EraIXThe Age of Bad RoadsXThe Turnpike SystemXITrade and Transport in the Turnpike EraXIIScientific Road-makingXIIIRivers and River TransportXIVRiver Improvement and Industrial ExpansionXVDisadvantages of River NavigationXVIThe Canal EraXVIIThe Industrial RevolutionXVIIIEvolution of the RailwayXIXThe Railway EraXXRailway ExpansionXXIRailways and the StateXXIIDecline of CanalsXXIIIDecline of TurnpikesXXIVEnd of the Coaching EraXXVRailway Rates and ChargesXXVIThe Railway System To-dayXXVIIWhat the Railways have DoneXXVIIIRailways a National IndustryXXIXTramways, Motor-buses and Rail-less Electric TractionXXXCycles, Motor-vehicles and TubesXXXIThe OutlookAuthoritiesIndex
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Transcriber's NotesObvious errors of punctuation and diacritics repaired.Note: "Liége" was the correct spelling at that time for what is now written "Liège".Hyphen removed: "break-down" (p. 108), "earth-work" (p. 219), "inter-communication" (p. 173), "plate-laying" (pp. 221, 222), "rail-head" (pp. 66, 97, 108), "re-built" (p. 266), "re-organisation" (p. 264), "South-African" (p. 402), "station-master" (p. 145), "store-houses" (pp. 144, 164), "text-books" (p. 133), "turn-tables" (p. 124), "wide-spread" (pp. 15, 82).The following variants appear frequently and have not been changed: block-house / blockhouse, head-quarter(s) / headquarter(s), sub-division(s) / subdivision(s).P. 5: "Leipsig" changed to "Leibzig" (Leipzig-Dresden line).P. 15: "seceeded" changed to "seceded" (the States which had seceded).P. 17: "Ctiy" changed to "City" (Washington City, D.C.).P. 31: "Goose Greek" changed to "Goose Creek".P. 105: "(3)" changed to "(4)" ((4) secure the prompt unloading).P. 185: "Mazagine" changed to "Magazine" (United Service Magazine).P. 195: "Raliway" changed to "Railway" (Great Western Railway Magazine).P. 218: "dependance" changed to "dependence" (to dependence on the railway).P. 246: "in." added (4·7 in. guns).P. 273: "de" changed to "des" (des chemins de fer).P. 273: "Juni" changed to "Juin".P. 284: "½" added (4 feet 8½ inches).P. 290: "moblisation" changed to "mobilisation" (on mobilisation, or elsewhere).P. 290: "pursuading" changed to "persuading" (persuading the Belgian Government).P. 293, 307, 308, 316: "situate" changed to "situated".P. 296: "promotor" changed to "promotors" (the aims of their promoters).P. 303: "enlightment" changed to "enlightenment" (not so blind as to need enlightenment).P. 306: "between" changed to "between" (communication between Swakopmund and the capital).P. 315: "Renseignments" changed to "Renseignements" (Renseignements coloniaux).P. 321: "Expediton" changed to "Expedition" (Kamerun-Eisenbahn-Expedition).P. 328: "possesssion" changed to "possession" (into a German possession).P. 350: "tranverse" changed to "transverse" (transverse lines connecting them).P. 355: "diciplined" changed to "disciplined" (old and well-disciplined units).P. 355, footnote 82: added "no" (no harm was done).P. 373: Railway gauges changed to be consistently 3 ft. 6 in., 5 ft. 3 in., 4 ft. 8½ in.P. 377: "Eröterung" changed to "Erörterung" (gegründeter Erörterung über die militärische Benutzung).P. 377: "militärischen" changed to "militärische" (Eisenbahnen für militärische Zwecke).P. 378: "militärische" changed to "militärischer" (in militärische Hinsicht).P. 387: "Heidelburg" changed to "Heidelberg".P. 388: "Fielddienst" changed to "Felddienst" (Felddienst Ordnung).P. 389: "Lehrer" changed to "Lehre" (Kurze Lehre ihrer wichtigsten Grundsätze).P. 393: "Revista Technica" changed to "Rivista Tecnica".P. 401: Index entry for "Germany, Organisation in, present basis of organisation" changed from 188-121 to 118-121.
Obvious errors of punctuation and diacritics repaired.
Note: "Liége" was the correct spelling at that time for what is now written "Liège".
Hyphen removed: "break-down" (p. 108), "earth-work" (p. 219), "inter-communication" (p. 173), "plate-laying" (pp. 221, 222), "rail-head" (pp. 66, 97, 108), "re-built" (p. 266), "re-organisation" (p. 264), "South-African" (p. 402), "station-master" (p. 145), "store-houses" (pp. 144, 164), "text-books" (p. 133), "turn-tables" (p. 124), "wide-spread" (pp. 15, 82).
The following variants appear frequently and have not been changed: block-house / blockhouse, head-quarter(s) / headquarter(s), sub-division(s) / subdivision(s).
P. 5: "Leipsig" changed to "Leibzig" (Leipzig-Dresden line).
P. 15: "seceeded" changed to "seceded" (the States which had seceded).
P. 17: "Ctiy" changed to "City" (Washington City, D.C.).
P. 31: "Goose Greek" changed to "Goose Creek".
P. 105: "(3)" changed to "(4)" ((4) secure the prompt unloading).
P. 185: "Mazagine" changed to "Magazine" (United Service Magazine).
P. 195: "Raliway" changed to "Railway" (Great Western Railway Magazine).
P. 218: "dependance" changed to "dependence" (to dependence on the railway).
P. 246: "in." added (4·7 in. guns).
P. 273: "de" changed to "des" (des chemins de fer).
P. 273: "Juni" changed to "Juin".
P. 284: "½" added (4 feet 8½ inches).
P. 290: "moblisation" changed to "mobilisation" (on mobilisation, or elsewhere).
P. 290: "pursuading" changed to "persuading" (persuading the Belgian Government).
P. 293, 307, 308, 316: "situate" changed to "situated".
P. 296: "promotor" changed to "promotors" (the aims of their promoters).
P. 303: "enlightment" changed to "enlightenment" (not so blind as to need enlightenment).
P. 306: "between" changed to "between" (communication between Swakopmund and the capital).
P. 315: "Renseignments" changed to "Renseignements" (Renseignements coloniaux).
P. 321: "Expediton" changed to "Expedition" (Kamerun-Eisenbahn-Expedition).
P. 328: "possesssion" changed to "possession" (into a German possession).
P. 350: "tranverse" changed to "transverse" (transverse lines connecting them).
P. 355: "diciplined" changed to "disciplined" (old and well-disciplined units).
P. 355, footnote 82: added "no" (no harm was done).
P. 373: Railway gauges changed to be consistently 3 ft. 6 in., 5 ft. 3 in., 4 ft. 8½ in.
P. 377: "Eröterung" changed to "Erörterung" (gegründeter Erörterung über die militärische Benutzung).
P. 377: "militärischen" changed to "militärische" (Eisenbahnen für militärische Zwecke).
P. 378: "militärische" changed to "militärischer" (in militärische Hinsicht).
P. 387: "Heidelburg" changed to "Heidelberg".
P. 388: "Fielddienst" changed to "Felddienst" (Felddienst Ordnung).
P. 389: "Lehrer" changed to "Lehre" (Kurze Lehre ihrer wichtigsten Grundsätze).
P. 393: "Revista Technica" changed to "Rivista Tecnica".
P. 401: Index entry for "Germany, Organisation in, present basis of organisation" changed from 188-121 to 118-121.