A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 199
38 tons of stone, on a down gradient of 1 in 120,at the rate of 6 miles per hour. 174 THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE. RicitAED Teevithick was the first engineer to applysteam-power to the haulage of loads on the railroad. Trev-ithick was a Comishman by birth, a native of Redruth.He was naturally a… … Eichard Trevithick. ithick probably acquired both the skill and the knowledgewhich, with his native talent, enterprise, and industry, ena-bled him to accomplish the work which has made him famous.He was soon intrusted with the erection and managementof»large pumping-engines, and subsequently went…
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