Stephenson

Examples

• Stephenson laid down new rails at Killingworth with half-lap joints, or extending over each other for a certain distance at the ends, instead of the butt joints that were formerly used. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Mr. Huskisson, one of the members of Parliament for Liverpool, and a warm friend and supporter of Stephenson and the railroad, had stepped from his coach, and was standing on the railway. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Stephenson and Henry Booth built the Rocket, and, as this was the only engine that fulfilled all the conditions, took the prize. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Adverting to other advantages derived from railway locomotion, Mr. Stephenson noticed the comparative safety of that mode of travelling. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• All this time George Stephenson continued to study with his son Robert. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Stephenson saw that he must in some way increase the power of his engine if he was to provide a new motive power for the mines. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It was the first commercially successful steamboat ever made, as George Stephenson's was the first commercially successful locomotive. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Stephenson was now very well regarded at the colliery for the improvements he had made there. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Meantime a young man named George Stephenson, who was working at a coal mine at Killingworth, seven miles north of Newcastle, was studying out a new plan of locomotive. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In many respects Stephenson was like Watt. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But the greater the obstacles the greater Stephenson’s resources proved. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But Stephenson finally built his road across it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• George Stephenson was a good man of business as well as a good engineer. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• While he was doing this Stephenson was patiently building new locomotives, and trying to induce the mine-owners along the Tyne to replace their horse-cars with his engines. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• These wheels were smooth, as Stephenson was convinced that smooth wheels would run properly on an edge-rail. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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