Brunel said, " I have no hesitation in taking on myself the full and entire responsibility for recommending the adoption of the atmospheric system in the South Devon Railway, and of recommending as a consequence that the line and works should be constructed for a single line only ."
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The idea is not that New Jersey is an island, the researchers say, making its own weather in isolation, or that the global atmospheric system doesn't matter, but rather that in the end, weather and climate is like politics : it's all local.
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In view of the fact that at many points of the line both the gradients and curves will render the application of this principle particularly advantageous, your directors have resolved that the atmospheric system, including an electric telegraph, should be adopted on the whole line of the South Devon Railway.
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CMDL's mission was to observe and understand, through accurate, long-term records of aerosol particles, and solar radiation, the Earth's atmospheric system controlling climate forcing, ozone depletion and baseline air quality, in order to develop products that will advance global and regional environmental information and services.
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Stephenson looked at the applicability of the atmospheric system to a variety of purposes, from inclines to main line, and concluded that it only had economic advantage compared to rope incline or locomotive hauled on short lines ( e . g . 3 to 5 miles length ) having light trains with frequent departures, especially where the gradients precluded the use of locomotives.
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The atmospheric engine houses were shut up and never worked again . ?33, 991 had been spent on equipment for the system; the Company had no locomotives and could not afford to purchase any; it was building a single line, relying on the atmospheric system to obviate double track; and it had to proceed with the construction to Torquay and Plymouth.
