Life of Richard Trevithick: With an Account of his Inventions

Francis Trevithick

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511795251

Cornishman 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 2 continues examining his work thematically, and includes his work in Peruvian mines.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-vii

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME II
pp viii-viii

CHAPTER XVII - VARIOUS INVENTIONS
pp 1-35

CHAPTER XVIII - AGRICULTURAL ENGINES; LOSS OF PAPERS
pp 36-68

CHAPTER XIX - POLE STEAM-ENGINE
pp 69-113

CHAPTER XX - THE WATT AND THE TREVITHICK ENGINES AT DOLCOATH
pp 114-194

CHAPTER XXI - ENGINES FOB SOUTH AMERICA
pp 195-220

CHAPTER XXII - PERU
pp 221-259

CHAPTER XXIII - COSTA RICA
pp 260-275

CHAPTER XXIV - RETURN TO ENGLAND
pp 276-283

CHAPTER XXV - GUN–CARRIAGE–IRON SHIPS–HYDRAULIC CRANE–ICE MAKING–DRAINAGE OF HOLLAND–CHAIN–PUMP–OPEN–TOP CYLINDER–HAYLE HARBOUR–PATENT RIGHTS–PETITION TO PARLIAMENT
pp 284-314

CHAPTER XXVI - TUBULAR BOILER–SUPERHEATING STEAM–SURFACE CONDENSER
pp 315-362

CHAPTER XXVII - HEATING APPARATUS–MARINE STEAM-ENGINES–REFORM COLUMN
pp 363-396

INDEX TO VOLUME II
pp 397-403

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