Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATION IN VOL. I
- CHAPTER I THE STEPHENSON FAMILY
- CHAPTER II LONG BENTON
- CHAPTER III ROBERT STEPHENSON, THE SCHOOLBOY
- CHAPTER IV ROBERT STEPHENSON, THE APPRENTICE
- CHAPTER V PREPARATIONS FOR AMERICA
- CHAPTER VI SOUTH AMERICA
- CHAPTER VII FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO NEWCASTLE
- CHAPTER VIII RESIDENCE IN NEWCASTLE
- CHAPTER IX RESIDENCE IN NEWCASTLE—CONTINUED
- CHAPTER X CONSTRUCTION OF THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY
- CHAPTER XI AFFAIRS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY
- CHAPTER XII FROM THE COMPLETION OF THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY TO THE OPENING OF THE NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON LINE
- CHAPTER XIII RAILWAY PROGRESS AND RAILWAY LEGISLATION
- CHAPTER XIV THE ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEM OF RAILWAY PROPULSION
CHAPTER XIV - THE ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEM OF RAILWAY PROPULSION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATION IN VOL. I
- CHAPTER I THE STEPHENSON FAMILY
- CHAPTER II LONG BENTON
- CHAPTER III ROBERT STEPHENSON, THE SCHOOLBOY
- CHAPTER IV ROBERT STEPHENSON, THE APPRENTICE
- CHAPTER V PREPARATIONS FOR AMERICA
- CHAPTER VI SOUTH AMERICA
- CHAPTER VII FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO NEWCASTLE
- CHAPTER VIII RESIDENCE IN NEWCASTLE
- CHAPTER IX RESIDENCE IN NEWCASTLE—CONTINUED
- CHAPTER X CONSTRUCTION OF THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY
- CHAPTER XI AFFAIRS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY
- CHAPTER XII FROM THE COMPLETION OF THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY TO THE OPENING OF THE NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON LINE
- CHAPTER XIII RAILWAY PROGRESS AND RAILWAY LEGISLATION
- CHAPTER XIV THE ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEM OF RAILWAY PROPULSION
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- The Life of Robert Stephenson, F.R.S.With Descriptive Chapters on Some of his Most Important Professional Works, pp. 292 - 363Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1864