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Relying on incremental experiment rather than leaps into the
unknown, Robert Stephenson (1803-59) forged an influential career
as a highly respected railway and civil engineer. From the steam
locomotive Rocket to the London and Birmingham Railway and the
Britannia Bridge, his work helped to consolidate the foundations of
the modern engineering profession. Based on the first-hand
testimony of relatives and contemporaries as well as correspondence
and official records, this 1864 biography by John Cordy Jeaffreson
(1831-1901), published only five years after Stephenson's death,
tells the story of this quiet industrial innovator. Five chapters
by engineer William Pole (1814-1900) provide a more technical
insight, examining some of Stephenson's most significant railway
bridges and his involvement with the atmospheric system. Volume 1
traces Robert's early life, carefully moulded by his father George,
and also covers the building of the London and Birmingham Railway.
Relying on incremental experiment and practice rather than
individual leaps into the unknown, Robert Stephenson (1803-59)
forged an influential career as a highly respected railway and
civil engineer. From the steam locomotive Rocket to the London and
Birmingham Railway and the Britannia Bridge, his work helped to
consolidate the foundations of the modern engineering profession.
Based on the first-hand testimony of relatives and contemporaries
as well as correspondence and official records, this 1864 biography
by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1831-1901), published only five years
after Stephenson's death, tells the story of this quiet industrial
innovator. Five chapters by engineer William Pole (1814-1900)
provide a more technical insight, examining some of Stephenson's
most significant railway bridges. Volume 2 covers his advocacy of
standardisation of the permanent way during the Gauge War, and his
life as a bridge builder and politician.
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Annals of Oxford - Vol. 1
John Cordy Jeaffreson
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