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Life of Richard Trevithick 2 Volume Set

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Life of Richard Trevithick 2 Volume Set

Life of Richard Trevithick 2 Volume Set

With an Account of his Inventions
Francis Trevithick
May 2011
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9781108026697
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    Cornishman Richard Trevithick (1771–1833) was one of the pioneering engineers of the Industrial Revolution. Best remembered today for his early railway locomotive, Trevithick worked on a wide range of projects, including mines, mills, dredging machinery, a tunnel under the Thames, military engineering, and prospecting in South America. However, his difficult personality and financial failures caused him to be overshadowed by contemporaries such as Robert Stephenson and James Watt. This two-volume study by his son Francis, chief engineer with the London and North-Western Railway, was published in 1872, and helped to revive his neglected reputation. It places its subject in his historical and technical context, and contains much technical detail, but is still of interest to the general reader. Volume 1 covers his predecessors, and early life, before examining his work thematically. Volume 2 includes his work in Peruvian mines.

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    May 2011
    Multiple copy pack
    9781108026697
    861 pages
    216 × 140 × 51 mm
    1.18kg
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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • Volume 1: Preface
    • 1. Early Cornish engines
    • 2. Richard Trevithick, Sen.
    • 3. Smeaton and Watt
    • 4. Early life of Trevithick
    • 5. Plunger-pole pump and water-pressure engine
    • 6. High-pressure whim-engine
    • 7. Camborne Common road locomotive
    • 8. Patent of 1802, and London locomotive
    • 9. Tram and railway locomotives
    • 10. Partnership, and early high-pressure engines
    • 11. High-pressure steam-dredger
    • 12. Thames driftway
    • 13. Iron tanks
    • 14. Ships of wood and iron
    • 15. Propelling vessels by steam
    • 16. Recoil engine and tubular boiler
    • Index. Volume 2:
    • 17. Various inventions
    • 18. Agricultural engines. Loss of papers
    • 19. Pole steam-engine
    • 20. The Watt and the Trevithick engines at Dolcoath
    • 21. Engines for South America
    • 22. Peru
    • 23. Costa Rica
    • 24. Return to England
    • 25. Gun-carriage. Iron ships
    • 26. Tubular boiler. Superheating steam. Surface condenser
    • 27. Heating apparatus. Marine steam-engines. Reform column
    • Index.
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