At Science Museum, South Kensington, special exhibition was opened in connection with centenary of famous Rainhill locomotive trials on Liverpool and Manchester Railway in October, 1829; four engines were entered for this competition; Rocket by George and Robert Stephenson and Henry Booth; Sans Pareil by Timothy Hackworth; Novelty by John Braithwaite and John Ericsson; and Perseverance by Timothy Burstall. (See also Engineering vol. 128, no. 3313, July 12, 1929 pp. 52-53, 1 fig.)


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    Titel :

    Rainhill locomotive trials centenary exhibition


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Engineer


    Erschienen in:

    Engineer ; 148 , n 3847


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1929


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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