Trevithick made use of the power of high-pressure steam to improve engines, building on James Watt's engine, which had been predominantly in use up until the end of the 18th century.

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 ...

Trevithick built the first high-pressure steam engine in 1799, and the first full-scale working steam locomotive, which made the world's first industrial rail journey in Wales on 21 February 1804.

BBC - A History of the World - Object : Replica of Trevithick's steam locomotive. British Broadcasting Corporation Home. Accessibility links. ... proof that a steam engine could run on smooth rails.

IN connexion with the celebration of the centenary of the death of the great Cornish engineer and inventor Richard Trevithick, the ‘father’ of the steam locomotive, a memorial exhibition has ...

History was made in 1804 when Cornish inventing pioneer Richard Trevithick's engine moved on tracks under its own steam. "It was a moment that changed the world forever," said TV historian Dan Snow.

One of the most versatile inventors of his age, Trevithick was a pioneer in the use of high pressure steam, and by his experiment in 1804 he became the father of the steam locomotive. Nature ...

The steam engine was used at Trewithen for threshing until 1879. It was patented by the Cornish inventor and mining engineer Richard Trevithick and constructed at Hayle Foundry in 1811.

History was made in 1804 when Cornish inventing pioneer Richard Trevithick's engine moved on tracks under its own steam. "It was a moment that changed the world forever," said TV historian Dan Snow.

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