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THE LIFE OF GEORGE STEPHENSON AND OF HIS SON ROBERT STEPHENSON;
PREFACE.
PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION, 1864.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
EARLY INVENTORS IN LOCOMOTION.
CHAPTER I.
SCHEMERS AND PROJECTORS.
CHAPTER II.
EARLY LOCOMOTIVE MODELS.
CHAPTER III.
THE CORNISH LOCOMOTIVE—MEMOIR OF RICHARD TREVITHICK.
LIVES OF GEORGE AND ROBERT STEPHENSON.
CHAPTER I.
THE NEWCASTLE COAL-FIELD—GEORGE STEPHENSON'S EARLY YEARS.
CHAPTER II.
NEWBURN AND CALLERTON—GEORGE STEPHENSON LEARNS TO BE AN ENGINE-MAN.
CHAPTER III.
ENGINE-MAN AT WILLINGTON QUAY AND KILLINGWORTH.
CHAPTER IV.
THE STEPHENSONS AT KILLINGWORTH—EDUCATION AND SELF-EDUCATION OF FATHER AND SON.
CHAPTER V.
THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE—GEORGE STEPHENSON BEGINS ITS IMPROVEMENT.
CHAPTER VI.
INVENTION OF THE "GEORDY" SAFETY-LAMP.
CHAPTER VII.
GEORGE STEPHENSON'S FARTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LOCOMOTIVE—THE HETTON RAILWAY—ROBERT STEPHENSON AS VIEWER'S APPRENTICE AND STUDENT.
CHAPTER VIII.
GEORGE STEPHENSON ENGINEER OF THE STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY.
CHAPTER IX.
THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY PROJECTED.
CHAPTER X.
PARLIAMENTARY CONTEST ON THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER BILL.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAT MOSS—CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILWAY.
CHAPTER XII.
ROBERT STEPHENSON'S RESIDENCE IN COLOMBIA, AND RETURN—THE BATTLE OF THE LOCOMOTIVE—"THE ROCKET."
CHAPTER XIII.
OPENING OF THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY, AND EXTENSION OF THE RAILWAY SYSTEM.
CHAPTER XIV.
ROBERT STEPHENSON CONSTRUCTS THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
CHAPTER XV.
MANCHESTER AND LEEDS, AND MIDLAND RAILWAYS—STEPHENSON'S LIFE AT ALTON—VISIT TO BELGIUM—GENERAL EXTENSION OF RAILWAYS AND THEIR RESULTS.
CHAPTER XVI.
GEORGE STEPHENSON'S COAL-MINES—APPEARS AT MECHANICS' INSTITUTES—HIS OPINION ON RAILWAY SPEEDS—ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEM—RAILWAY MANIA—VISITS TO BELGIUM AND SPAIN.
CHAPTER XVII.
ROBERT STEPHENSON'S CAREER—THE STEPHENSONS AND BRUNEL—EAST COAST ROUTE TO SCOTLAND—ROYAL BORDER BRIDGE, BERWICK—HIGH-LEVEL BRIDGE, NEWCASTLE.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY—MENAI AND CONWAY BRIDGES.
CHAPTER XIX.
CLOSING YEARS OF GEORGE STEPHENSON'S LIFE—ILLNESS AND DEATH—CHARACTER.
CHAPTER XX.
ROBERT STEPHENSON'S VICTORIA BRIDGE, LOWER CANADA—ILLNESS AND DEATH.
INDEX.
FOOTNOTES:
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