Cornwall

Examples

• On Christmas eve of 1801, Trevithick made the initial trip with the first successful steam road locomotive through the streets of Camborne in Cornwall, carrying passengers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The interest of the duke of Cornwall has given occasion to a regulation nearly of the same kind in that ancient dutchy. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He'll crack a crib in Scotland one week, and be raising money to build an orphanage in Cornwall the next. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Davy was born at Penzance in Cornwall December 17, 1778, the eldest son in a family of five children. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• You're not of the Clennams of Cornwall, Mr Clennam? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The tax of the king of Spain, accordingly, is said to be very ill paid, and that of the duke of Cornwall very well. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The mines of Cornwall had become unworkable, and as a great deal depended on the success of the engine in such work, he traveled to Cornwall to make sure that there should be no faults. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Lord Ravenshaw, in Cornwall, which would of course have immortalised the whole party for at least a twelvemonth! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• This steam-carriage of Trevethick was fairly successful, and created a great sensation in that part of Cornwall where it was built. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• They failed for a million, ruined half the county families of Cornwall, and Neligan disappeared. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The tax of the duke of Cornwall upon tin is supposed to amount to more than five per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The father of the locomotive and the first inventor of the Nineteenth Century who directed his energy to its development was Richard Trevithick, of Camborne, Cornwall. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• If they want a light-weight to be throwed for practice, Cornwall, Devonshire, or Lancashire, let 'em throw me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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