Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 35
ut1825, when George Stephenson applied the blast-pipe, and a few yearslater adopted the tubular boiler. These are the capital improvementswhich, at the famous trial of locomotives, on the 6th of October, 1829,enabled Stephensons Rocket to win the prize offered by the directorsof the Liverpool and… … Fig. 9.—Section of Locomotive (a.d. 1837). an hour. This engine, the parent of the powerful locomotives of the pre-sent day, may now be seen in the Patent Museum at South Kensington,Since 1829, numberless variations and improvements have been made in 16 THE LOCOMOTIVE. the details of the…
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