Tom Anderson wrote:
Nonsense! Dangerous modern rubbish! Stagecoaches, sir! Quite satisfactory!

I agree. No less an authority than Dr Dionysius Lardner has warned us of
the dangers of high speed travel.
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont
"It's not that I think stupidity should be punishable by death. I just
think we should take the warning labels off of everything and let the
problem take care of itself."

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Bruce Fletcher wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

Nonsense! Dangerous modern rubbish! Stagecoaches, sir! Quite satisfactory!

I agree. No less an authority than Dr Dionysius Lardner has warned us of the
dangers of high speed travel.

A much maligned character. What i didn't know, though, is that the GWR
brought Charles Babbage on board to analyse the behaviour of the broad
gauge:

http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/history/ikb/broad

tom

--
Whose house? Run's house!

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On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Bruce Fletcher wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

Nonsense! Dangerous modern rubbish! Stagecoaches, sir! Quite
satisfactory!

I agree. No less an authority than Dr Dionysius Lardner has warned us of
the dangers of high speed travel.

A much maligned character. What i didn't know, though, is that the GWR
brought Charles Babbage on board to analyse the behaviour of the broad
gauge:

http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/history/ikb/broad


Apparently he caused a lot of problems for other passengers as he he
operated his portable difference engine during the journey, it took up most
of the quiet zone...

Paul

In message
Tom Anderson wrote:

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Bruce Fletcher wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

Nonsense! Dangerous modern rubbish! Stagecoaches, sir! Quite
satisfactory!

I agree. No less an authority than Dr Dionysius Lardner has warned us of
the dangers of high speed travel.

A much maligned character. What i didn't know, though, is that the GWR
brought Charles Babbage on board to analyse the behaviour of the broad
gauge:

http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/history/ikb/broad


I wonder what might have been changed if Babbage had ever got his computer
working.

--
Graeme Wall
This address is not read, substitute trains for rail.
Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html

In article ,
Tom Anderson wrote:
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Bruce Fletcher wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

Nonsense! Dangerous modern rubbish! Stagecoaches, sir! Quite satisfactory!

I agree. No less an authority than Dr Dionysius Lardner has warned us of the
dangers of high speed travel.

A much maligned character. What i didn't know, though, is that the GWR
brought Charles Babbage on board to analyse the behaviour of the broad
gauge:

http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/history/ikb/broad

The first dynamometer and track testing coach, judging from the
description there :-)

Nick
--
http://www.leverton.org/ ... So express yourself