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The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson / Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway Locomotive Samuel Smiles · Engineering_and_Technology · 30 章
目录 PREFACE. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. EARLY LOCOMOTIVE MODELS. THE CORNISH LOCOMOTIVE—MEMOIR OF RICHARD TREVITHICK. NEWBURN AND CALLERTON—GEORGE STEPHENSON LEARNS TO BE AN ENGINE-MAN. THE STEPHENSONS AT KILLINGWORTH—EDUCATION AND SELF-EDUCATION OF FATHER AND SON. INVENTION OF THE "GEORDY" SAFETY-LAMP. GEORGE STEPHENSON'S FARTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LOCOMOTIVE—THE HETTON RAILWAY—ROBERT STEPHENSON AS VIEWER'S APPRENTICE AND STUDENT. GEORGE STEPHENSON ENGINEER OF THE STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY. PARLIAMENTARY CONTEST ON THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER BILL. CHAT MOSS—CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILWAY. ROBERT STEPHENSON'S RESIDENCE IN COLOMBIA, AND RETURN—THE BATTLE OF THE LOCOMOTIVE—"THE ROCKET." ROBERT STEPHENSON CONSTRUCTS THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS, AND MIDLAND RAILWAYS—STEPHENSON'S LIFE AT ALTON—VISIT TO BELGIUM—GENERAL EXTENSION OF RAILWAYS AND THEIR RESULTS. GEORGE STEPHENSON'S COAL-MINES—APPEARS AT MECHANICS' INSTITUTES—HIS OPINION ON RAILWAY SPEEDS—ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEM—RAILWAY MANIA—VISITS TO BELGIUM AND SPAIN. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY—MENAI AND CONWAY BRIDGES. ROBERT STEPHENSON'S VICTORIA BRIDGE, LOWER CANADA—ILLNESS AND DEATH. INDEX. Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 FOOTNOTES: THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30