Northampton Mercury - Extract from Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia. Vol. XVII on the advantages of railroads over canals (1832).

Photocopy of an extract from an article – Dr. Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopaedia. Vol. XVII. Hydrostatics and Pneumatics, by Dr. Lardner. Examining the advantages of rail transportation over canals. A case for the relative merits of each method of propulsion is made. A comparison of speed between ‘a steam-engine where ‘there is, in fact, no practical limit’ and ‘ a limit of speed which the horses under no circumstances can exceed’.