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IV. Experiments, made at Watford, on the vibrations occasioned by railway trains passing through a tunnel

1863; Royal Society; Volume: 12; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1098/rspl.1862.0135

2053-9126

James B. South,

History and Developments in Astronomy

These experiments were made in consequence of an attempt in 1846 to run a line of railway through Greenwich Park, in what seemed to several competent judges a dangerous proximity to the Royal Observatory. It was abandoned, but (as Sir James South was informed) only for a time; and he thought it right to make some examination of the probable effects of such a vicinity, especially as to the power of a tunnel in deadening the vibrations.