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Stephenson’s Rocket and the Rainhill Trials: Shire Library, cartea 605

Autor Richard Gibbon
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 sep 2010
George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket is arguably the most enduring silhouette in railway history. But why was Rocket that special? And why does the surviving locomotive look so unlike the striking yellow image that we are familiar with from books, postage stamps and the five pound note? Rocket was built to take part in The Rainhill Trials, the competition to find a locomotive design to pull trains on the world's first passenger line, the Liverpool and Manchester. The trials caught the public's imagination and its victor, Rocket, became a sensation. It quickly became of symbol of technological progress. The Stephensons' engine set the pattern for future world steam locomotive development for the next 130 years. But would the steam locomotive have developed differently if Rocket had not won the trials? All these questions while exploring in words and pictures the machine that became the metaphor for what is seen as Britain's greatest gift to the industrial world: the steam locomotive.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780747808039
ISBN-10: 0747808031
Pagini: 56
Ilustrații: 30 b/w; 50 col
Dimensiuni: 149 x 210 x 6 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Shire Publications
Seria Shire Library

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Richard Gibbon is former Head of Engineering Collections at the National Railway Museum, York. During his fifteen years at York he cared for many famous locomotives, including the working replica of Stephenson's Rocket. He has appeared several times on radio and television, including Scrapheap Challenge and a BBC Timewatch documentary about the Rainhill Trials. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and was awarded an OBE in 2004 for his services to museums.

Cuprins

Introduction /The Stephensons and Steam Railways /Before Rainhill /The Design of Rocket /The Rainhill Trials /Rocket in Service and After /The Legacy of Rocket /Further Reading /Places to Visit /Index