Download or read book Stephenson s Rocket Manual written by Gibbon Richard and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephenson's Rocket is one of the most famous steam locomotives of all time. Designed by Robert Stephenson, with input from this father, George, Rocket set the fundamental design template for almost all the locomotives that followed it. The original locomotive is owned by the National Railway Museum, and is currently on display at the Science Museum in London. Two working replicas of the locomotive have been built. The most advanced steam engine of its time, Rocket was built in 1829 for the Rainhill Trials held by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (LMR) in order to evaluate locomotive designs and choose the best one for use on this new railway. Five locomotives took part in the trials and Rocket was chosen as the winning design. Published in association with the Science Museum, this manual, illustrated with a wealth of photographs and technical drawings, provides a fascinating insight into the design, construction and operation of Rocket.
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Download or read book The Manual of Dates a Dictionary of Reference to All the Most Important Events in the History of Mankind to be Found in Authentic Records written by George Henry Townsend and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Puffing Billy and the Prize Rocket or the story of the Stephensons and our Railways written by Helen C. Knight and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Puffing Billy" is the biography of the renowned British civil engineer and mechanical engineer, George Stephenson. Dubbed "The Father of Railways" Stephenson is renowned for his immense contribution to railway transport as a pioneer. The book traces his life from his humble beginnings among the coal pits of the little village of Wylam, near New Castle, to his subsequent interest in railways, and the inventions he perfected to birth what was then only an idea into a popular means of public transport.
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Download or read book The Most Powerful Idea in the World written by William Rosen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Most Powerful Idea in the World argues that the very notion of intellectual property drove not only the invention of the steam engine but also the entire Industrial Revolution." -- Back cover.
Download or read book The Harnessing of Power written by Maxwell Gordon Lay and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how the 19th century’s transport legacy of bicycles, trains, ocean-going steamers, trucks, trams, buses and cars arose, creating numerous new technologies and markets. Nothing like this range of transport changes had occurred before, and the 20th century changes were incremental compared with those of the 19th century. The book explores where the key transport features came from, and why there were so many inventions, innovations, and inconsistencies. The Industrial Revolution was a key part of the process as it had strong links with transport developments. This text adopts a broad, global perspective, but has a strong British orientation, as the Industrial Revolution was a process predominantly initiated and implemented in Britain. Nevertheless, when the Revolution lost momentum, Britain began to lose its leadership. By century’s end, France and south-western Germany were dominant change-makers and the USA was appearing on the horizon. The book also highlights the many individual inventors and entrepreneurs who caused the dramatic transport changes, and notes that they did this predominantly through individual initiatives to satisfy personal, rather than corporate or national, goals and that they were often hindered, rather than aided, by officialdom.
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Download or read book The Engineering and History of Rocket written by Michael R. Bailey and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From June 2000, George and Robert Stephenson's world-famous Rocket will once again be on public display at the Science Museum. This book describes the research project undertaken in 1999 at the National Railway Museum to investigate the locomotive's engineering and history through both industrial archaeology and archival research. Comprehensively illustrated, this is a fascinating exploration of the development of one of the British Industrial Revolution's most important and enduring icons, which will be of lasting value to anyone with an interest in both railway history and industrial archaeology.
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