"Puffing Billy" and the Prize "Rocket" or, the story of the Stephensons and our Railways.
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"Puffing Billy" and the "Rocket" prize, or the story of the Stevensons and our railways is a fascinating book written by Helen Cross Knight. This book examines the development of railways in Great Britain, in particular the contribution to this issue of the eminent engineers and brothers - George and Robert Stevenson. The book tells the story of the origins and development of railway transport in the early industrial era, the difficulties and challenges that the inventors had to overcome, and the important achievements they made for society. This book is a fascinating non-fiction work about the history and technological progress that has shaped the modern world.
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- Name of the Author
- Helen C. (Helen Cross) Knight
- Language
- English
- Release date
- 2012-06-05
- Title
- "Puffing Billy" and the Prize "Rocket"
or, the story of the Stephensons and our Railways. - Subject
- Inventors -- Juvenile literature
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Railroads -- England -- History -- Juvenile literature
Stephenson, George, 1781-1848 -- Juvenile literature
Stephenson, Robert, 1803-1859 -- Juvenile literature
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