Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911)
Protheroe, Ernest · London : Religious Tract Society · leaf 40
rehis time steam carriages had been at work, andindeed locomotives were known while he did butdream of them. In the case of steam traction,just as with the steam-engine generally, manymen were groping their way to attain the sameend. One man would meet with total failureand another would attain but… … 1. LOCOMOTION (1825). 2. INVICTA (1830). PIONEERS OF STEAM TRACTION 33 many ; and it fell to Stephensons genius andcapacity to put the seal, not only upon his ownpatient effort, but that of other men. Sir Isaac Newton was the first man to make a road-engine. He evolved a most primitive…
Railroads · Steamboats
Internet Archive · Boston College Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
