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INTRODUCTION 9
THE BATTLE OF THE IRON HORSE
The Railway Centenary 13
The Protean Problem 17
The X-Ray Transporter 20
Erichthonius, Wheelwright 25
The Philosopher’s Steam 29
George Stephenson, Engine-wright 32
The Nature of the Beast 40
Protean Ignorance 44
THE CONQUEST OF THE ELYSIAN FIELDS
The Equation of Power and Movement 48
The Riddle of the Gordian Knot 52
The Problem of Unemployment 59
The Problem of Power 66
Problems of Movement 69
Two-Dimensional Movement 77
The Elysian Fields 87
The Wings of Pegasus 91