Trevithick, Richard

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Steam Automobile Club of America, Washington, IL Trevithick, Richard (1771-1833)... 

Richard Trevithick Tramroad stack-blast steam 1839 R. W. Hawthorn Superheater designed to make... 

George continued his adult education with John Wigham, focusing on the areas of math and physics. In addition, he befriended an engineer, John Steele, who had apprenticed under Richard Trevithick in the... 

In 1797, Trevithick married Jane Hai vey, lost his father, Richard, Sr., and made his first working models of high pressure engines. His wife was of the established engineering and foundiyi family of Hayle. 

Boulton, I. W. Marginal notes, Science Museum copy of Fletcher, William (1891). Steam on Common Roads. Hodge, J. (1973). Richard Trevithick An Illustrated Life of Richard Trevithick. Aylesbuiy Shire Publications Ltd. Rolt, L. T. C. (1960). The Cornish Giant, The Story of Richard Trevithick, Father of the Steam Locomotive. London Lutterworth Press. 

Trevithick, F. C. E. (1872). Life of Richard Trevithick, with an Account of His Inventions. London E. E.N. Spon. 

English inventor Richard Trevithick s steam railway locomotive. 

Richard Trevithick demonstrates first successful steam-piowered road vehicle in Cornwall, England. 

Richard Trevithick was another pioneer of steam engines. He developed and patented a locomotive-like carriage with a boiler and smokestack in 1801. Trevithick s car had eight foot rear wheels. 

Steam locomotive (Richard Trevithick) After James Watt s patent for the steam engine expires in 1800, Trevithick develops a working steam locomotive. By 1806 he has developed his improved steam engine, named the Cornish engine, which sees worldwide dissemination. 

The final major improvement of the steam engine is due to Richard Trevithick who pioneered the use of high-pressure steam, much to the elderly Watt s disapproval. Cardwell comments ... 

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