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Page xxxix
... Difficulties with the Cornishmen - His cottage at Santa Anna - Longs to return home - Resigns his post - Meeting with Trevithick - Voyage to New York , and shipwreck - Returns to Newcastle , and takes charge of the factory - The working ...
... Difficulties with the Cornishmen - His cottage at Santa Anna - Longs to return home - Resigns his post - Meeting with Trevithick - Voyage to New York , and shipwreck - Returns to Newcastle , and takes charge of the factory - The working ...
Page xl
... difficulties of the undertaking— The line described - Blisworth Cutting - Primrose Hill Tunnel- Kilsby Tunnel - Its construction described - Cost of the Railway greatly increased - Failure of contractors - Magnitude of the works ...
... difficulties of the undertaking— The line described - Blisworth Cutting - Primrose Hill Tunnel- Kilsby Tunnel - Its construction described - Cost of the Railway greatly increased - Failure of contractors - Magnitude of the works ...
Page 29
... difficulties of simple division . But George's secret was his perseverance . He worked out the sums in his bye - hours , improving every minute of his spare time by the engine - fire , and studying there the arithmetical problems set ...
... difficulties of simple division . But George's secret was his perseverance . He worked out the sums in his bye - hours , improving every minute of his spare time by the engine - fire , and studying there the arithmetical problems set ...
Page 39
... difficulty " to keep his head above water . " When the visit had been paid , the bridal party set out for their new home at Willington Quay , whither they went in a manner quite common before travelling by railway came into use . Two ...
... difficulty " to keep his head above water . " When the visit had been paid , the bridal party set out for their new home at Willington Quay , whither they went in a manner quite common before travelling by railway came into use . Two ...
Page 45
... difficulty was thus conquered . * Being paid good wages , Stephenson contrived , during the year he worked at Montrose , to save a sum of 28 % , which he took back with him to Killing- worth . Longing to get back to his kindred , his ...
... difficulty was thus conquered . * Being paid good wages , Stephenson contrived , during the year he worked at Montrose , to save a sum of 28 % , which he took back with him to Killing- worth . Longing to get back to his kindred , his ...
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