The Life of George Stephenson, Railway EngineerJ. Murray, 1858 - Всего страниц: 557 This biography discusses the life of George Stephenson. He improved on the earlier steam-powered locomotive designs by using flanged-wheel adhesion on his locomotive, the Bl?cher. He also built the Locomotion, the train of choice on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. That railway was the first public steam railway in the world and had considerable influence on the wide-spread use of trains. His train Rocket won the Rainhill Trials, a competition for locomotions of the time. He continued to make larger, better-running trains throughout his life. |
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... never forgot , but used to speak of with delight to his inti- mate friends , when he himself had grown an old man . While a boy at Wylam , George led the ordinary life of working - people's children . He played about the doors ; went ...
... never forgot , but used to speak of with delight to his inti- mate friends , when he himself had grown an old man . While a boy at Wylam , George led the ordinary life of working - people's children . He played about the doors ; went ...
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... never acquire , and here Hawthorn beat him . At lifting heavy weights off the ground from between his feet , -by means of a bar of iron passed through them , the bar placed against his knees as a fulcrum , and then straightening the ...
... never acquire , and here Hawthorn beat him . At lifting heavy weights off the ground from between his feet , -by means of a bar of iron passed through them , the bar placed against his knees as a fulcrum , and then straightening the ...
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... never wearied of watching and inspecting it with devoted admiration . There is indeed a peculiar fascination about an engine , to the intelligent workman who watches and feeds it . It is almost sublime in its untiring industry and quiet ...
... never wearied of watching and inspecting it with devoted admiration . There is indeed a peculiar fascination about an engine , to the intelligent workman who watches and feeds it . It is almost sublime in its untiring industry and quiet ...
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... never neglecting small matters , but aiming at being a complete workman at all points ; thus gradually perfecting his own mechanical capacity , and securing at the same time the respect of his fellow workmen and the increased confidence ...
... never neglecting small matters , but aiming at being a complete workman at all points ; thus gradually perfecting his own mechanical capacity , and securing at the same time the respect of his fellow workmen and the increased confidence ...
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... never would learn to brake : he was so clumsy that he was like to rive his arms off . " Mr. Nixon , however , ordered Locke to go on with the work , which he did ; and Stephenson , after some further practice , acquired the art of ...
... never would learn to brake : he was so clumsy that he was like to rive his arms off . " Mr. Nixon , however , ordered Locke to go on with the work , which he did ; and Stephenson , after some further practice , acquired the art of ...
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