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Horace Bell produced a number of pamphlets and articles on railway policy. His book, "Railway Policy in India", was published in 1894. Possibly more unexpected were his primers on basic economics, "The Laws of Wealth" (first published 1883) and on government "The
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near Egham, to the south-west of London. Professional advancement continued through and beyond the 1880s. In
January 1880 Bell became a superintending engineer third class, and following successive further promotions, in January 1892 he became a chief engineer third class.
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Through most of his life Horace Bell enjoyed robust good health, but an influenza attack in 1902 mutated into heart disease. He died in west London on 10 April 1903.
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