Lives of the Engineers George and Robert Stephenson: The Locomotive, Volume 5 |
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... afterwards find that the invention of the locomotive was made by like successive steps . It was not the invention of one man , but of a succession of men , each working at the proper hour , and according to the needs of that hour ; one ...
... afterwards find that the invention of the locomotive was made by like successive steps . It was not the invention of one man , but of a succession of men , each working at the proper hour , and according to the needs of that hour ; one ...
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... afterwards removing to Wylam , where Robert was employed as fireman of the old pumping - engine at that colliery . who remembered CHAP II ] OLD ROBERT STEPHENSON 17 " Geordie's fayther. An old Wylam collier , George Stephenson's father ...
... afterwards removing to Wylam , where Robert was employed as fireman of the old pumping - engine at that colliery . who remembered CHAP II ] OLD ROBERT STEPHENSON 17 " Geordie's fayther. An old Wylam collier , George Stephenson's father ...
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... afterwards to say that he rode to his work in the mornings at an hour when most other children of his age were asleep in their beds . He was also employed to hoe turnips , and do similar farm - work , for which he was paid the advanced ...
... afterwards to say that he rode to his work in the mornings at an hour when most other children of his age were asleep in their beds . He was also employed to hoe turnips , and do similar farm - work , for which he was paid the advanced ...
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... afterwards to relate how he was wont to hide himself when the owner of the colliery went round , in case he should be thought too little a boy to earn the wages paid him . Since he had modelled his clay engines in CHAP II ] APPOINTED ...
... afterwards to relate how he was wont to hide himself when the owner of the colliery went round , in case he should be thought too little a boy to earn the wages paid him . Since he had modelled his clay engines in CHAP II ] APPOINTED ...
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... afterwards as engineman , he applied himself so assiduously and so successfully to the study of the engine and its gearing - taking the machine to pieces in his leisure hours for the purpose of cleaning and understanding its various ...
... afterwards as engineman , he applied himself so assiduously and so successfully to the study of the engine and its gearing - taking the machine to pieces in his leisure hours for the purpose of cleaning and understanding its various ...
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Lives of the Engineers George and Robert Stephenson: The Locomotive Samuel Smiles, Jr No preview available - 2015 |
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