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The centrifugal railways built in the 1840s were extensively tested before allowing human riders. The operators of the
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There are few first-hand accounts that remain preserved from riders of the various centrifugal railways. Ride operators and promoters engaged in incredible levels of exaggeration regarding the speed and dimensions of the ride. For example, one individual made the absurd claim that the centrifugal
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It was not long after the creation of the first wheeled roller coasters in the late 18th century or the early 19th century that the first roller coaster inversion was designed. This first design was created in 1833 by an engineer named
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would ascend to the peak on the coaster before descending rapidly down the same hill and then passing through the central loop with enough speed to remain on the track at the top of the loop. The size of these centrifugal railways differed; some were purported to have vertical loops of a mere 6.5
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feet (2.0 m), while others were estimated to be 40 feet (12 m) (although, as described below, early coaster designers were prone to cases of gross exaggeration).
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until more than a decade later. In 1843, designers
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railway reached a "terrific speed... more than one hundred and fifty miles per hour" (by comparison, this is the approximate speed
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