The Life of Robert Stephenson, F.R.S. Etc. Etc: Late President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 1Longmans, 1866 |
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... Commencement of the ' Rocket ' Steam Engine - A Tunnel across the Mersey - Survey for a Junction Line between the Bolton and Leigh and Liverpool and Manchester Railways - Survey for Branch Line from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway ...
... Commencement of the ' Rocket ' Steam Engine - A Tunnel across the Mersey - Survey for a Junction Line between the Bolton and Leigh and Liverpool and Manchester Railways - Survey for Branch Line from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway ...
Page 30
... commence the real battle of life , as he had done , unable to cipher , or write , or even to read . An erroneous impression exists that George Stephen- son denied himself the indulgences appropriate to his condition in order that he ...
... commence the real battle of life , as he had done , unable to cipher , or write , or even to read . An erroneous impression exists that George Stephen- son denied himself the indulgences appropriate to his condition in order that he ...
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... commenced . At first Robert Stephenson walked to and from school -a distance in all of about ten miles ; and this labour dis- inclined him for joining in the sports of the play - ground . At dinner he held no intercourse with his ...
... commenced . At first Robert Stephenson walked to and from school -a distance in all of about ten miles ; and this labour dis- inclined him for joining in the sports of the play - ground . At dinner he held no intercourse with his ...
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... commenced the construction of his first line of railway , the Hetton Colliery line - Robert Ste- phenson entered on his duties as apprentice to Mr. Nicholas Wood , the mining engineer , who was at that time the viewer of the ...
... commenced the construction of his first line of railway , the Hetton Colliery line - Robert Ste- phenson entered on his duties as apprentice to Mr. Nicholas Wood , the mining engineer , who was at that time the viewer of the ...
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... commenced in 1820 , and the first cargo of coals was shipped November 21st , 1824. The cost of winning was about £ 22,354 ; and George Stephenson's engine , which speedily became famous throughout the Northumbrian coal district , commenced ...
... commenced in 1820 , and the first cargo of coals was shipped November 21st , 1824. The cost of winning was about £ 22,354 ; and George Stephenson's engine , which speedily became famous throughout the Northumbrian coal district , commenced ...
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