ruling gradient in a sentence

Examples

1. The line climbed more or less continuously from Hexham to Riccarton; the ruling gradient was 1 in 100.
2. The ruling gradient of a section of railway line between two major stations is the gradient of the steepest stretch.
3. The ruling gradient was 2 % or 1 : 50 between Goodwood and Uxbridge, and the minimum curvature was.
4. It was 1?miles long with a ruling gradient of 1 in 12 and an average of 1 in 13.
5. The 33 kilometre section from Valley Heights to Katoomba rises 670 metres, with a ruling gradient of 1 in 33.
6. The steepest part of the line is between Ch'angp'yO
   ng, where the ruling gradient is over 200.
7. The line falls briefly from Muirhouse North Junction, but climbs at a ruling gradient of 1 in 70 to Mount Florida.
8. However this would have introduced a ruling gradient of 1 in 60 on the line, at the Wolfhall / Grafton spur.
9. The constructions and extra track would effectively double the length of the climb and reduce the ruling gradient to 2.2 %.
10. Beyond Coonoor, up to the last station at Ooty or Oottacamund, the track has a ruling gradient of 1 : 23.