THE LIFE

OF

ROBERT STEPHENSON.

VOL. I.

LONDON

PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO.

NEW-STREET SQUARE

THE LIFE

OF

ROBERT STEPHENSON, F.R.S.

ETC. ETC.

LATE PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.

BY

J. C. JEAFFRESON

BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

WITH DESCRIPTIVE CHAPTERS ON

SOME OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT PROFESSIONAL WORKS

BY

WILLIAM POLE, F.R.S.

MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, & GREEN.
1864.