Stephenson’s rocket and the rainhill trials
Auteur :
Gibbon, Richard
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN :
9780747808039
Date de publication :
10 sept. 2010
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,9 x 0,5 cm
Poids :
154 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, is an enduring silhouette in railway history. Rocket was built to take part in The Rainhill Trials, a competition to find a locomotive design to pull trains on the world's first passenger line, the Liverpool and Manchester. The trials caught the public's imagination and its victor, Rocket, became a sensation.