{"product_id":"life-of-richard-trevithick-with-an-account-of-his-inventions-paperback-9781108026673","title":"Life of Richard Trevithick; With an Account of his Inventions (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108026673","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLife of Richard Trevithick\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith an Account of his Inventions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis detailed study of the work of pioneering engineer Richard Trevithick (1771–1833) was published by his son in 1872.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrancis Trevithick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108026673, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 January 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages, 47 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCornishman 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, building on the work of his father, Richard Trevithick Senior, and the Cornish mining industry. It 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Early Cornish engines\u003cbr\u003e 2. Richard Trevithick, Sen.\u003cbr\u003e 3. Smeaton and Watt\u003cbr\u003e 4. Early life of Trevithick\u003cbr\u003e 5. Plunger-pole pump and water-pressure engine\u003cbr\u003e 6. High-pressure whim-engine\u003cbr\u003e 7. Camborne Common road locomotive\u003cbr\u003e 8. Patent of 1802, and London locomotive\u003cbr\u003e 9. Tram and railway locomotives\u003cbr\u003e 10. Partnership, and early high-pressure engines\u003cbr\u003e 11. High-pressure steam-dredger\u003cbr\u003e 12. Thames driftway\u003cbr\u003e 13. Iron tanks\u003cbr\u003e 14. Ships of wood and iron\u003cbr\u003e 15. Propelling vessels by steam\u003cbr\u003e 16. Recoil engine and tubular boiler\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of engineering \u0026amp; technology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of engineering \u0026amp; technology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20engineering%20\u0026amp;%20technology%20%5BTBX%5D%22\"\u003eTBX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005938880792,"sku":"9781108026673","price":37.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108026673i.jpg?v=1694873417","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/life-of-richard-trevithick-with-an-account-of-his-inventions-paperback-9781108026673","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}