| 单词 | George Stephenson |
| 例句 | I've nothing against George Stephenson, whom they credited with the development of steam locomotives. How the BBC rewrote history to disrespect Leeds ... again 2013-02-04T17:10:13Z Proceeding stiffly as he did in later life, with an air of detachment or absent-minded deliberation, George Stephenson often seemed at a loss as to where he was heading. George Stephenson obituary 2011-02-01T17:57:50Z Matthew Murray, whose steam locomotive Willington was the forerunner of George Stephenson's Blücher. How the BBC rewrote history to disrespect Leeds ... again 2013-02-04T17:10:13Z Phrases such as 'by marrying the train to the track, George Stephenson …' as if it were an innovation and achievement, are misleading; Blenkinsop and Murray had already 'married the train to the track'. How the BBC rewrote history to disrespect Leeds ... again 2013-02-04T17:10:13Z The earliest “rail roads” used horses to pull cars along a railed track, but in 1825, English inventor George Stephenson replaced the horses with a rolling steam engine. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z One of these early railroad engineers was George Stephenson. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the companies that built it was the North Midland Railway, where George Stephenson and his son Robert were engineers. The endangered buildings saved from ruin 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z In 1825, the first locomotive to haul a passenger train was operated by George Stephenson in England. Today in History 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The same gallery will host works by Ryan Gander, who will create sculptures inspired by northern inventions, from Joseph Swan's incandescent light bulb to George Stephenson's Geordie safety lamp. Great Exhibition heads north and here's the line-up 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Getting people from Point A to Point B no longer is rocket science, as George Stephenson and Cornelius Vanderbilt proved in the 1800s. Metro has money, governance on its mind 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Smiles’s George Stephenson was a teetotaling family man who diligently studied while his fellow laborers engaged in barroom brawls. Book review: ‘The Innovators,’ on the digital revolution, by Walter Isaacson Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond delivers a lecture on Scottish independence, in central London under the watchful eye of George Stephenson, a pioneering railway engineer and inventor of early locomotive the Rocket. Day in pictures: 5 March 2014 2014-03-05T12:50:46Z George Stephenson: the British inventor and designer of steam engines which would fire the Industrial Revolution. Britain's future lies in a culture of open and vigorous innovation 2012-10-13T23:18:01Z Again there's a conundrum: was the real inventor Humphry Davy, or was it the Tyneside railway pioneer George Stephenson, whose version was known as the Geordie lamp? Olympic torch route, day 28: Newcastle puts some zip into the festivities 2012-06-15T06:00:01Z With George Stephenson he planned and carried out the extension of the Midland to Newcastle, and by 1844 had over a thousand miles of railway under his control. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z It had been builded by none other than the redoubtable George Stephenson, himself, in England, some ten or fifteen years before it first came into Northern New York. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z The heavier part of the freight was put on board the "Hope," of which Petersen took command, with Sontag, George Stephenson, and George Whipple as companions and helpers. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z No better summary of the facts could be found than the shrewd phrase into which George Stephenson condensed the whole subject. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z And George Stephenson too, who was a trapper-boy in a coal-pit, had difficulties to encounter, perhaps greater than them all; but, like a true and strong man, bravely surmounted and triumphed over them. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Although the Industrial Revolution was born here, with James Watt’s improvements to the steam engine and George Stephenson’s locomotive, Britons have long worried about their country’s decline as a manufacturing power. U.K. Looks to 'Rebalance' Economy; Tech University Would Play Role 2012-01-22T19:55:09Z And George Stephenson was the hero of the hour. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z Mr. May's father was apprenticed as an engineer to George Stephenson, and worked in the drawing office of the great engineer at Newcastle, where he met his wife. The Phil May Album 2011-10-17T02:00:17.247Z The inventor who made the first successful locomotive was George Stephenson, and it is worth noting that one of his engines, the "Rocket," possessed all the elements of the modern locomotive. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z But man never harnessed these wonderful iron animals until the time of George Stephenson, less than a hundred years ago. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z In England, Blackett and George Stephenson discovered that the adhesion of smooth wheels to smooth rails was sufficient. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z But the “boy is father to the man,” and it was peculiarly true of George Stephenson. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z Eighteen years old by this time, George Stephenson was wholly uneducated. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z It was at Percy Main that he made the acquaintance of George Stephenson, who then had charge of an engine at a neighbouring colliery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The plan was to use animal power on this road, but George Stephenson secured permission to try on it his steam locomotive. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The Roeblings, father and son, were to the engineering of America what George Stephenson and his son Robert were to the locomotive and railway and bridge engineering of Great Britain. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z But a man like George Stephenson needs no memorial of stone. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z They knew the dangers hydrogen could present when combined with the sparks thrown up the smokestacks of steam engines devised by the likes of George Stephenson. Helium Hokum: Why Airships Will Never Be Part of Our Transportation Infrastructure 2011-05-27T15:45:00.230Z Yes, if I belonged to common working-people, people whose minds were common and vulgar; but how if I belonged to working-people like George Stephenson, the father of English railways, and the locomotive? Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z It is claimed that George Stephenson was the inventor of the safety lamp for use in mines, an invention usually accredited to Sir Humphry Davy. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z George Stephenson was almost alone, and the opponents of steam had secured a provision in the Newcastle & Carlisle Railroad concession, stipulating expressly that horses should there be exclusively employed. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z On the 12th August, in his sixty-seventh year, George Stephenson, the great engineer, passed away. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z The plaintiff was the well-known Scottish writer, Samuel Smiles, author of "The Life of George Stephenson," "Industrial Biography," and various other works of a similar character which have enjoyed great popularity among the young. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z Antrim footballers and hurlers play at Casement Park George Stephenson from the Ulster Branch of Tennis Ireland said he was against so much money being spent on facilities. Sports ground cash move 'unfair' 2011-03-11T09:20:07Z Though men had experimented with steam up to this time with more or less success, the world is chiefly indebted for the developed type of the steam engine to James Watt and George Stephenson. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The character of George Stephenson was in every way admirable. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z Mr. Burr was a born engineer and mechanician, and at a more auspicious time, with proper opportunities for training and culture, he would probably have become famed as a local George Stephenson. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z And where would anyone be if local lad and engineer George Stephenson hadn't designed his steam-powered locomotive all those years ago? Jersey Shore v Geordie Shore 2011-02-04T10:17:03Z Somehow or other, I drifted into being crafty, and just then made friends with a man that was up to every game, and remembered old George Stephenson. Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z Apropos of irrigation, the one canal deserves special mention, as showing how George Stephenson came to Jodhpur and astonished the inhabitants. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel George Stephenson was the engineer of the line—a short track, 8 miles long, built from the Hetton Colliery to the docks on the bank of the river Wear. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z Our successful men in trade and commerce marry young, like George Stephenson, and the wife helps him up in the world in more ways than one. About London The first public steam railroad was opened in England, between Stockton and Darlington, George Stephenson himself driving the engine. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 In the words of George Stephenson, “The charm was broken, and the dogs were safe.” With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 The Clay Cross Colliery and Ironworks Company, whose mines were for a time leased by George Stephenson, employ a great number of hands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" For some years after this his first great triumph, George Stephenson gave his whole time to the building of railroads and the improvement of the engine. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z Mr. Sergeant Spankie was the questioner and George Stephenson was the respondent. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years George Stephenson's ideas on the transport of passengers and goods were almost unanimously condemned by the experts of his day who were engaged in that line of business. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast In 1814 George Stephenson commenced to apply himself to the construction of an improved locomotive. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses About the same time George Stephenson was trying the effect of introducing small tubes in the boilers of his locomotives, with the object of increasing their evaporative power. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery One of these was a story of the life of George Stephenson, who invented the first locomotive. Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly For the time being they were, in fact, the lions of the stage, just as George Stephenson was the lion of the new railroad. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years It thoroughly established the reputation of George Stephenson as an engineer. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History George Stephenson was ridiculed and denounced as a maniac, and all those who supported him as lunatics and fools.” Buchanan's Journal of Man, December 1887 Volume 1, Number 11 Beside him stands George Stephenson, who devised the locomotive which by abridging space has lengthened life and added to its highest pleasures. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery "Why," returned George Stephenson, "I only say this, that of all the powers above and under earth, there seems to me no power so great as the gift of the gab." A Book About Lawyers The Liverpool merchants, whose far-sighted self-interest prompted to wise liberality, had accepted the risk of George Stephenson’s magnificent experiment, which the committee of inquiry of the House of Commons had rejected for the Government. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years The charming biographer, Smiles, tells how George Stephenson called on Mr. Edward Pease, the president of the proposed railway, and offered his services in building and equipping the road. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Great was the popularity of the atmospheric system; and still George Stephenson said “It won’t do: it’s but a gimcrack.” Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson A test of locomotives is, however, proffered, and George Stephenson and his son, Robert, discuss how they may best build an engine to win the first prize. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery The story is a revival of an anecdote first told long before George Stephenson was born. A Book About Lawyers George Stephenson was greatly impressed with the vast possibilities belonging to the future of railway travelling. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years The spectacle presented by plain, blunt, unlettered George Stephenson before the lawyers and members of the House of Commons was strange and interesting, and no wonder it has become historical. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History George Stephenson surveyed a line from Chester to Holyhead in 1838, and at the same time reported on the line through North Wales to Port Dynllaen, proposed by the Irish Railway Commissioners. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson We are going to be introduced to "Lightning," "Inkerman," and the "Morning Star," the first engine made for the railway by George Stephenson. Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young The next morning, George Stephenson was walking in the gardens of Drayton Manor before breakfast, when Sir William Follett accosted him, and sitting down in an arbor asked for the facts of the argument. A Book About Lawyers The world is tolerably familiar with the early life of George Stephenson, and with the vexatious obstacles he had to overcome before he could even secure a trial for his invention. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years Think of calling George Stephenson "an ignoramus, a fool, a maniac," in Parliament, yet such was done. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History In manner, George Stephenson was simple, modest, and unassuming, but always manly. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson It is pleasant to learn that he made the acquaintance of George Stephenson at Carthagena, and received generous help from one who might have been considered his rival. The Cornwall Coast The first public railway for steam locomotives was opened between Stockton and Darlington by Edward Peese and George Stephenson—an innovation which caused great excitement throughout England. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) When it was mentioned to a certain eminent railway authority that George Stephenson had spoken of sending coals by railway: ‘Coals!’ he exclaimed, ‘they will want us to carry dung next.’ Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years Titled men were proud to pay their respects to George Stephenson, and when he died, in 1848, at the age of sixty-seven, the whole nation rose up to do him honor. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The meeting was held; but as George Stephenson was a man comparatively unknown even in Newcastle at that time, his name failed to secure “an influential attendance.” Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson It was not in itself a new idea, for tramways had long been in use, and so far back as 1814 George Stephenson had constructed a locomotive engine for a colliery. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Again, George Stephenson, the great engineer, the son of a very poor man, who fired the engine at the Wylam Colliery, began his life labour when a mere boy. The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. George Stephenson, however, and other friends of coal, held on their way; and he declared that the time would come when London would be supplied with coal by railway. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years It is difficult to conceive of a less inspiring occupation than that to which George Stephenson was promoted at the age of seventeen. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The population of Newcastle held holiday; and a banquet given in the Assembly Rooms the same evening assumed the form of an ovation to George Stephenson and his son. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson In 1814, George Stephenson, after many preliminary experiments, made a successful trial of his first locomotive engine. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) The Leeds appears to be a very important institution, and I am glad to see that George Stephenson will be there, besides the local lights, inclusive of all the Baineses. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete To do this would be an invidious task, and out of place at a festival held in honour of George Stephenson only. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years The story of George Stephenson's great work is told. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The plan was first promulgated by him in 1841; and in the following year it was resolved that George Stephenson should be consulted as to the most advisable site for the proposed structure. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Yet the genius of George Stephenson afterwards surmounted the difficulty at a cost of £40,000, though the work was commenced when engineering science was less understood than now. A Letter from Major Robert Carmichael-Smyth to His Friend, the Author of 'The Clockmaker' In 1830 the 'Rocket,' designed by George Stephenson, ran from Liverpool to Manchester at a rate of nearly forty miles an hour, and the possibilities of the new method of transportation became manifest. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe Mr. Mayor and gentlemen,—Let me, in the first place thank Sir William Armstrong for the many kind words he has uttered in honour of the memory of George Stephenson. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years George Stephenson and a friend were once looking at a train. Chatterbox, 1906 A prospectus of a High Level Bridge Company was issued in 1843, the names of George Stephenson and George Hudson appearing on the committee of management, Robert Stephenson being the consulting engineer. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson George Stephenson, the inventor of the locomotive engine, was a common collier working in the mines. Life and Conduct George Stephenson, the constructer of the “Rocket,” was also the hero of the Chat Moss. The Iron Horse It is no small distinction of this town that the last days of George Stephenson were spent in it. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years And George Stephenson had progressed very much more than twelve miles in these three years. Chatterbox, 1906 George Stephenson’s remains were followed to the grave by a large body of his workpeople, by whom he was greatly admired and beloved. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson George Stephenson was fifteen years perfecting his locomotive; Watt, twenty years on his condensing engine. Pushing to the Front George Stephenson was one of our most celebrated engineers, and the “father of the railway system.” The Iron Horse How much, then, do we owe, under God, to George Stephenson. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years Another of George Stephenson's suggestions was more than even Mr. Pease could seriously entertain. Chatterbox, 1906 The portrait prefixed to this volume gives a good indication of George Stephenson’s shrewd, kind, honest, manly face. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson George Stephenson seized the moments as though they were gold. Pushing to the Front But the troubles of George Stephenson were not at an end. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail But I should do scant justice to the memory of George Stephenson if I dwelt only on the results of his achievements. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years George Stephenson stood ready to drive it as soon as the trucks, which a stationary engine was lowering down the slope by means of a wire rope, had been attached to it. Chatterbox, 1906 They then resolved to call George Stephenson to their aid, and requested him to advise them as to the two schemes which were before them. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Make it as George Stephenson made his when he mastered the rules of mathematics with a bit of chalk on the grimy sides of the coal wagons in the mines. Pushing to the Front "Yes; but I meant to give you a Life of George Stephenson, and some other books on engineering." Queer Stories for Boys and Girls Many a great reputation has been marred by faults of character, but this was not the case with George Stephenson. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years Even George Stephenson did not think it would be very suitable for passenger traffic. Chatterbox, 1906 George Stephenson was invited to come upon the ground and survey the line. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson George Stephenson did not learn to read and write until he had reached manhood. Pushing to the Front George Stephenson, who built a great bridge at Montreal, liked it so well that he ordered an extra edition for his own use. Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison Newcastle may well be proud of its connection with George Stephenson, and the proceedings of this day testify how much his memory is cherished in this his native district. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years A new thing, called the railroad-engine, has just been made by an Englishman, one George Stephenson, and a specimen of it has been sent to New York, where I have had it examined. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times On more than one occasion, the author had the pleasure of listening to George Stephenson’s homely but forcible addresses at the annual soirées of the Leeds Mechanics’ Institute. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson At length George Stephenson, an inventor and engineer, together with certain capitalists, succeeded in getting Parliament to pass an act for constructing a passenger railway between Liverpool and Manchester, a distance of about thirty miles. The Leading Facts of English History The railway owed its origin to George Stephenson and to Edward Pease, the wealthy Quaker and manufacturer of Darlington, p. 63both burly men, strong in mind as body. Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland It is not too much to say that George Stephenson headed a movement by which alone could employment have been found for an ever-increasing population.” Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years Mr. Darwin did not invent evolution any more than George Stephenson invented the steam-engine, or Mr. Edison the electric telegraph. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science The career of George Stephenson was drawing to a close. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Look here, George Stephenson has been—" "Let your funny friend try running into a cow just for 'speriment. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920 The number of passengers reached 450, and the goods and merchandise amounted to 90 tons—a great accomplishment, and George Stephenson and Edward Pease were proud men that day. Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland It would be difficult to close this series of Railway Anecdotes more appropriately than in the words of George Stephenson’s celebrated son Robert at a banquet given to him at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in August, 1850. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years The Liverpool merchants, whose far-sighted self-interest prompted them to wise liberality, had accepted the risk of George Stephenson's magnificent experiment, which the committee of inquiry of the House of Commons had rejected for the government. Records of a Girlhood George Stephenson’s first verdict of “It won’t do,” was thus conclusively confirmed. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson George Stephenson was obliged to send his son to an 'University,' where some scraps of practical science—scanty scraps they were—most insufficiently repaid the expense of education. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 He has none of the look of the visionary, this man who has gone to war with time and space; neither had George Stephenson. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Of all celebrations in the North of England there was never the like of the centenary of the birth-day of George Stephenson, June 9th, 1881. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years The sanity of such men as Galileo and George Stephenson was doubted by their contemporaries, so we are in good company. The Law and the Word What a change had come over the spirit of the landed p. 352gentry since the time when George Stephenson had first projected a railway through that district! Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson One of the earliest publications of any note was the "Penny Magazine," which is endeared to my memory as having shown me the earliest of George Stephenson's great works—the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects In that event we must only remember how sorry George Stephenson was for the cow. The Open Secret of Ireland The joy of the engine-driver at receiving so welcome a present was not greater than being recognised and kindly received by his wife’s illustrious uncle, George Stephenson.” Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years George Stephenson, the inventor of the locomotive, began life as a trapper on a Tyneside colliery. Recent Developments in European Thought Another novelty of the time, with which George Stephenson had to contend, was the substitution of atmospheric pressure for locomotive steam-power in the working of railways. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson He sent the waste steam into the chimney, and by this means was very nearly arriving at the blast-pipe, afterwards the great and important discovery of George Stephenson. Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects George Stephenson worked his way from the pithead to the highest position as an engineer. Thrift Mr. Bagster, the manager, after narrating the circumstance to George Stephenson, asked “Is it not possible to have a whistle fitted on the engine, which the steam can blow?” Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years Buren's locomotive carriage was thus in action three years before the great trial in 1829, from which George Stephenson emerged victorious with his wonderful engine "The Rocket." Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 The structure has a solid and majestic appearance, and is perhaps the finest of George Stephenson’s viaducts. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson We now come to George Stephenson, who did for the locomotive what Watt did for our other steam-engines. Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects I own that Newton's discoveries were meritorious, and I willingly applaud Mr. George Stephenson, through whose ingenuity we are now whisked to our places of rest with the swiftness of an eagle's flight. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour On leaving Warrington, a few minutes bring us to Newton junction, upon the old Manchester and Liverpool Railway, where George Stephenson established the economy of steam locomotive conveyance twenty-one years ago. Rides on Railways W. of Manchester, which is partly reclaimed and partly, through the ingenuity of George Stephenson, traversed by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The King then appointed George Stephenson by royal ordinance a Knight of the Order of Leopold. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Willington Quay, further down the river, was, for a time, the home of George Stephenson, and here his son, Robert, was born. Northumberland Yesterday and To-day As James Watt is identified with the steam-engine, and George Stephenson with the railway, so is Wheatstone with the telegraph. Heroes of the Telegraph The plan adopted by Metcalf, we need scarcely point out, was precisely similar to that afterwards adopted by George Stephenson, under like circumstances, when constructing the railway across Chat Moss. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain George Stephenson, when addressing young men, was accustomed to sum up his best advice to them, in the words, “Do as I have done—persevere.” Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance The ridicule with which George Stephenson had been assailed by the barristers p. 204before the Parliamentary Committee had not been altogether distasteful to them. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson In an open space near the Central Station, between the Chronicle Office and the Lit. and Phil., there is a fine statue of George Stephenson, by the Northumbrian sculptor, Lough. Northumberland Yesterday and To-day In George Stephenson's days there was considerable opposition to the institution of the railway, simply on account of the number of accidents which it was anticipated would take place. The Mastery of the Air Like George Stephenson, Harrison always had a great difficulty in making himself understood, either by speech or writing. Men of Invention and Industry When George Stephenson was engaged in building his first locomotive at Killingworth, he was greatly hampered, not only by the want of handy mechanics, but by the want of efficient tools. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography The rejection of the bill was probably the most severe trial George Stephenson underwent in the whole course of his life. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson This important use of the waste steam had been introduced by George Stephenson some years before, though entirely unknown to me. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers Also George Stephenson, the great engineer, the son of a very poor man, who fired the engine at Wylam colliery, began his life-labor when a mere boy. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin Mr. William Hutchinson, a contemporary of George Stephenson, was the managing partner. Men of Invention and Industry Undaunted, he laid it aside and began an account of the life of George Stephenson, with whom he had been associated in railway work. Stories Worth Rereading Such was George Stephenson’s idea in contriving his floating road—something like an elongated raft across the Moss; and we shall see that he steadily kept it in view in carrying the work into execution. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson In the same patent will be found embodied his invention of the steam-brake, which was also a favourite idea of George Stephenson, since elaborated by Mr. MacConnell of the London and North-Western Railway. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers But before we go farther, who was this George Stephenson? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 But I kept constant to my resolution; and eventually he succeeded, through his early acquaintance with George Stephenson, in gaining for me an entrance to the engineering works of Robert Stephenson and Co., at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Men of Invention and Industry He then went on to say that it seems but a few years ago since George Stephenson, at a meeting in 1847, proposed the resolution that the Institution of Mechanical Engineers be formed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 Such was the result, so far, of George Stephenson’s labours. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson George Stephenson was born with the pewter spoon in his mouth, but the true temper of his soul turned it into pure gold. Literary and Social Essays George Stephenson did not invent the railway or the locomotive, but he did first put the breath of its life into the latter. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 Amongst other things, I saw the works of the Manchester and Liverpool Railway, then advancing and exciting great interest, and saw George Stephenson and his son. Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy For instance, in February 1815, four months before Waterloo, George Stephenson took out a patent for the locomotive engine which was to revolutionize the world. The Emancipation of Massachusetts The time so much longed for by George Stephenson had now arrived, when the merit of the passenger locomotive was to be put to a public test. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson From George Stephenson Mr. Brassey passed to Mr. Locke, whose great coadjutor he speedily became. Lectures and Essays Before the completion of the railway, George Stephenson had taken part in a great contest for the best locomotive at Liverpool, a prize of L500 having been offered by the company to the successful competitor. Biographies of Working Men George Stephenson's struggle for the adoption of his locomotive is another noteworthy case in point. The True Citizen, How to Become One Thanks to George Stephenson's inventive genius, the traveler of today consumes scarcely more time between London and Peking. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Mr. Sandars had by this time visited George Stephenson at Killingworth, and, like all who came within reach of his personal influence, was charmed with him at first sight. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson At Birkenhead Mr. Brassey did well, of course; and there, after a time, he was brought into contact with George Stephenson, and by him at once appreciated and induced to engage in railways. Lectures and Essays I think old George Stephenson brought out his views at breakfast at Sir R. Peel's when Buckland was there. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 The first locomotive to operate on this road was built in England by George Stephenson. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest The year 1823 marked another forward step for George Stephenson and railroads. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Fixed engines had many advocates; the locomotive very few: it stood as yet almost in a minority of one—George Stephenson. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson George Stephenson had now been diligently employed for several years in the work of self-improvement, and he experienced the usual results in increasing mental strength, capability, and skill. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson This was the great work upon which George Stephenson now entered, though probably without any adequate idea of the ultimate importance of his labours to society and civilization. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson So it happened that George Stephenson came into fame and has ever since lived in popular memory as the father of the locomotive. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest The chief engineer was George Stephenson, on a salary of five hundred pounds. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century About the same time George Stephenson was trying the effect of introducing small tubes in the boilers of his locomotives, with the object of increasing their evaporative power. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson George Stephenson had now acquired the character of an expert workman. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson After working for several years more as a brakesman at the Willington machine, George Stephenson was induced to leave his situation there for a similar one at the West Moor Colliery, Killingworth. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson An angry controversy afterwards took place as to the respective merits of George Stephenson and Sir Humphry Davy in respect of the invention of the safety-lamp. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson The "Perseverance" and "Sanspareil" developed radical defects, but the "Rocket," driven by George Stephenson's own hand was prepared for every turn of the competition, and surpassed all in power, speed, and general serviceability. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century In describing the completion of the series of great works detailed in the preceding chapter, we have somewhat anticipated the closing years of George Stephenson’s life. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Indeed on no subsequent line did George Stephenson take the sights through the spirit p. 131level with his own hands and eyes as he did on this railway. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson They were invited in, on which one of the visitors introduced himself as Nicholas Wood, viewer at Killingworth, and then turning to his companion, he introduced him as George Stephenson, engine-wright, of the same place. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson A man was despatched on a horse with the letter, and when he reached Killingworth he made diligent enquiry after the person named upon the address, “George Stephenson, Esquire, Engineer.” Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson When George Stephenson became chief enginewright of the Killingworth collieries at one hundred pounds a year he thought he had reached the summit of his ambition. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century On his return he stated this opinion to the Committee, who approved his recommendation, and George Stephenson was unanimously appointed engineer of the projected railway. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson George Stephenson’s idea was at that time regarded as but the dream of a chimerical projector. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson During the summer of 1847, George Stephenson was invited to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of South Shields in Parliament. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Like many other inventions, stimulated if not originated by necessity, the steam-blast was certainly reinvented, if not invented, by George Stephenson. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson When George Stephenson took up the problem of perfecting a "traveling steam engine" he had the advantage of knowing what had been accomplished by other experimenters. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Great was the excitement at Black Callerton when it was known that George Stephenson had accepted Nelson’s challenge. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson We have again referred to the little book which contains, among other things, a pamphlet, entitled Report on the Claims of Mr. George Stephenson relative to the Invention of his Safety Lamp. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson In George Stephenson’s day the coals were drawn out of the pit in corves, or large baskets made of hazel rods. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson The monotony of George Stephenson’s occupation as a brakesman was somewhat varied by the change which he made, in his turn, from the day to the night shift. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson After making a careful study of what had been done by others, George Stephenson came to the conclusion that he could improve upon the existing locomotive models. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century George Stephenson’s daily life at Willington was that of a steady workman. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson At the foot of the great mound of shot rubbish was the fixed engine of which George Stephenson acted as brakesman. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson George Stephenson was at the lever when the engine pulled out with a string of eight cars behind it. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century George Stephenson was chosen to be chief engineer, at one thousand pounds a year. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Indeed, one might trust the world to give a verdict in favor of George Stephenson, the founder of the steam railway as against his sovereign, King George III. himself. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Explosions of fire-damp were unusually frequent in the coal mines of Northumberland and Durham about the time when George Stephenson was engaged in the construction of his first locomotives. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson A month was consumed before the company's engineer, Mr. George Stephenson, was called by the Committee. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century George Stephenson stood before the committee to prove what the public opinion of that day held to be impossible. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century George Stephenson and his son Robert threw all their resources into the production of the locomotive which was to carry their colors in the contest. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century This device was more than a century old when George Stephenson was born. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Thus George Stephenson’s prediction, “that the time would come when it would be cheaper for a working man to make a journey by railway than to walk on foot,” is already verified. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson |
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