Stories of inventors and discoverers in science and the useful arts. A book for old and young (1860)
Timbs, John, 1801-1875 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 420
cottage at Killingworth, andof which the father was always proud. On leavingschool at the age of fifteen, Robert Stephenson was ap-prenticed to Mr. Nicholas Wood, at Killingworth, tolearn the business of the colliery, where he served forthree years, and became familiar with all the depart-ments of… … Geokge Stephenson. Robert Stephenson.
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