Life of Richard Trevithick

Name: Life of Richard Trevithick
Author: Francis Trevithick

Francis Trevithick

Language: English

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Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 - 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer. The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an early age. He was an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, and his most significant contributions were the development of the first high-pressure steam engine and the first working railway steam locomotive. The world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey took place on 21 February 1804, when Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.Turning his interests abroad Trev.

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Title: Life of Richard Trevithick
Author: Francis Trevithick
Condition: Good
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English

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