Richard Trevithick, British inventor of the first functioning steam locomotive, received a Google Doodle on Google UK for his 240th birthday. Trevithick was born in 13 April 1771 and died 22 April ...

Richard Trevithick did not own slaves. ... The National Museum of Wales, which normally displays Trevithick's 1804 invention, the steam-powered locomotive, ...

Richard Trevithick is remembered for inventing high-pressure steam power Thousands of people are expected in Camborne later to celebrate its famous son Richard Trevithick, who invented high ...

Today's Google doodle celebrates a British inventor who played a major role in the industrial revolution, and who was also something of a steam-powered badass. Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV ...

Nature - Life of Richard Trevithick, with an Account of his Inventions Life and Labours of Mr. Brassey, 1805–1870 Railways or no Railways; or, The Battle of the Gauges Renewed Skip to main ...

Richard Trevithick would have been 240 today ... He went into partnership with Robert Dickinson as he looked to develop further inventions, but the pair were declared bankrupt after three years.

Alessandro Volta, prior to his invention of the battery in 1799, ... A reconstruction of Richard Trevithick Jr.'s first common road locomotive, 1801. From Energy, by Richard Rhodes.

Richard Trevithick is remembered for inventing high-pressure steam power Thousands of people are expected in Camborne later to celebrate its famous son Richard Trevithick, who invented high ...

Thousands of people are expected in Camborne later to celebrate its famous son Richard Trevithick, who invented high-pressure steam power. The event will feature dancing, street entertainment, a ...

Thousands are expected in Camborne later to celebrate its famous son Richard Trevithick, who invented high-pressure steam power.