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The Life of George Stephenson and of His Son Robert Stephenson

di Samuel Smiles · 25 parti · about 13 hours 51 minutes di lettura

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George Stephenson non sapeva leggere fino a diciotto anni. Poi costruì le ferrovie. Samuel Smiles racconta la storia di George e di suo figlio Robert, i ponti sullo stretto di Menai e sul Conway, la Rocket, le grandi battaglie parlamentari, nella biografia che insegnò alla Gran Bretagna vittoriana ad ammirare gli ingegneri. È una vita di lavoro lunga e appagante, e rese l'espressione aiuto di se stessi una parola familiare.

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Capitoli

Preface49 min Preface to the Eighth Edition, 18644 min Part 1, Chapter 1: Schemers and Projectors.22 min Part 1, Chapter 2: Early Locomotive Models.23 min Part 1, Chapter 3: The Cornish Locomotive--memoir of Richard Trevithick.40 min Part 2, Chapter 1: The Newcastle Coal-field--george Stephenson's Early Years.23 min Part 2, Chapter 2: Newburn and Callerton--george Stephenson Learns to Be an Engine-man.18 min Part 2, Chapter 3: Engine-man at Willington Quay and Killingworth.27 min Part 2, Chapter 4: The Stephensons at Killingworth--education and Self-education of Father and Son.25 min Part 2, Chapter 5: The Locomotive Engine--george Stephenson Begins Its Improvement.38 min Part 2, Chapter 6: Invention of the "geordy" Safety-lamp.41 min Part 2, Chapter 7: George Stephenson's Farther Improvements in the Locomotive--the Hetton Railway--robert Stephenson as Viewer's Apprentice and Student.33 min Part 2, Chapter 8: George Stephenson Engineer of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.54 min Part 2, Chapter 9: The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Projected.32 min Part 2, Chapter 10: Parliamentary Contest on the Liverpool and Manchester Bill.32 min Part 2, Chapter 11: Chat Moss--construction of the Railway.34 min Part 2, Chapter 12: Robert Stephenson's Residence in Colombia, and Return--the Battle of the Locomotive--"the Rocket."49 min Part 2, Chapter 13: Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and Extension of the Railway System.33 min Part 2, Chapter 14: Robert Stephenson Constructs the London and Birmingham Railway.27 min Part 2, Chapter 15: Manchester and Leeds, and Midland Railways--stephenson's Life at Alton--visit to Belgium--general Extension of Railways and Their Results.47 min Part 2, Chapter 16: George Stephenson's Coal-mines--appears at Mechanics' Institutes--his Opinion on Railway Speeds--atmospheric System--railway Mania--visits to Belgium and Spain.54 min Part 2, Chapter 17: Robert Stephenson's Career--the Stephensons and Brunel--east Coast Route to Scotland--royal Border Bridge, Berwick--high-level Bridge, Newcastle.29 min Part 2, Chapter 18: Chester and Holyhead Railway--menai and Conway Bridges.34 min Part 2, Chapter 19: Closing Years of George Stephenson's Life--illness and Death--character.24 min Part 2, Chapter 20: Robert Stephenson's Victoria Bridge, Lower Canada--illness and Death.39 min