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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... tion of his character , by disciplining his spirit of self - help , and accustoming him to patient encounter with , and triumph over , difficulties . We have seen how Stephenson's play hours were occasion- ally occupied — in a friendly ...
... tion of his character , by disciplining his spirit of self - help , and accustoming him to patient encounter with , and triumph over , difficulties . We have seen how Stephenson's play hours were occasion- ally occupied — in a friendly ...
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... tion , and withal her sound good sense . Amongst his various mendings of old shoes at Callerton , George Stephenson was on one occasion favoured with the shoes of his sweetheart , Fanny Henderson , to sole . One can imagine the pleasure ...
... tion , and withal her sound good sense . Amongst his various mendings of old shoes at Callerton , George Stephenson was on one occasion favoured with the shoes of his sweetheart , Fanny Henderson , to sole . One can imagine the pleasure ...
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... tion amongst the villagers in the growth of vegetables , all of whom he excelled , excepting one of his neighbours , whose cabbages sometimes outshone his . In the protection of his garden - crops from the ravages of the birds , he ...
... tion amongst the villagers in the growth of vegetables , all of whom he excelled , excepting one of his neighbours , whose cabbages sometimes outshone his . In the protection of his garden - crops from the ravages of the birds , he ...
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... tion by increasing the smoothness of the surface , that the haulage of the coal - waggons by horses should be rendered as easy as possible . With this object , wooden rails were first laid down by one Master Beaumont * between his coal ...
... tion by increasing the smoothness of the surface , that the haulage of the coal - waggons by horses should be rendered as easy as possible . With this object , wooden rails were first laid down by one Master Beaumont * between his coal ...
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... tion in the furnace , were worked off the same crank - axle . This was the first successful high - pressure engine con- structed on the principle of moving a piston by the elas- ticity of steam against the pressure only of the ...
... tion in the furnace , were worked off the same crank - axle . This was the first successful high - pressure engine con- structed on the principle of moving a piston by the elas- ticity of steam against the pressure only of the ...
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