550 SEC. 12. APPLIED MECHANICS. 



2010a. Hand Bill, dated 1st June 1804, announcing the 

 completion of the first section of the Surrey Iron Railway. 



Trovey J3lackmore. 



This railway, which is believed to have been the first railway established 

 in England for public traffic, was made pur.mant of an Act of Parliament 

 passed in the year 1801, by which the company was empowered to raise a 

 capital of 30,000/. in shares of 100/. The railway was first opened from 

 Wandsworth to Croydou, and was subsequently extended to Merstham. It 

 passed through the valley of the Wandle, a district abounding in mills of 

 various kinds, and conveyed the manufactures and produce of the district to 

 the Thames at Wandsworth, where a terminus was built with large store- 

 houses and a wet dock for the convenience of lading and unlading goods 

 carried by water. This terminus is still in existence, though now appro- 

 priated to other uses. Large quantities of coals were conveyed inland by 

 this railway. The rails were laid upon stone blocks or sleepers, and the cars 

 were drawn by horses and mules. The railway was in operation till about 

 the year 1851, soon after which time the company was wound up and the 

 plant and property sold. 



2216d. Model Railway and Carriage, invented and made 

 by Richard Roberts, C.E., Manchester, in 1824, to illustrate the 

 nature of centrifugal force, in his lectures at the Manchester 

 Mechanics' Institution. A practical ii.odel. 



The Committee, Royal Museum, Peel Park, Salford. 



2216d. Drawing of Steam Carriage, by the late Baron 

 Seguier, with " sun and planet wheel motion," 1846. 



L,atc Baron Seguier, Membre dc V Institut. 



2216e. Incline Carriage-way, designed for conveying 

 passengers up and down steep hills, inclines, or sea-side cliffs, and 

 worked by balance, hydraulic, or other machinery. R. Hunt. 



The incline carriage-way, designed for the purpose of conveying passengers 

 or material up and down steep inclines by means of carriages adapted to the 

 angle of inclination and worked by means of hydraulic or other machinery, is 

 particularly applicable to sea-side cliffs, where the sea provides an easily 

 available motive power. 



2216f. Underground Hauling Machine. 



Murray and Co. 



2216g. Model of London and North- Western Hail- 

 way Company's Travelling Post Office and Apparatus, 



for picking up and setting down mail bags without stopping. 



H.M. Postmaster- General. 



Model of Steam Hoist used for raising the bags, &c. in the 

 General Post Office. H.M. Postmaster- General. 



Letter Stamping Table and Machine. 



H.M': Postmaster- G( neraJ. 



