George Stephenson

基本解釋

In 1825, a British engineer named George Stephenson(1) designed the first steam-powered locomotive.
1825年，英國工程師喬治· 斯蒂芬森設(shè)計出了第一輛蒸汽機車頭。
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It begins with an evocative description of George Stephenson’s Rocket, a famous early steam engine, and traces the developments needed to make each of its individual components possible.
書的開頭以動人的筆觸描述了早期著名的蒸汽機工程師喬治·斯蒂文森的火箭發(fā)明，然後追溯了使每個個躰發(fā)明成爲可能的發(fā)展條件。

It begins with an evocative description of George Stephenson's Rocket, a famous early steam engine, and traces the developments needed to make each of its individual components possible.
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The effect was multiplied by the creation of coal-burning locomotives and the rise of the railroads (thanks again to profit-seekers, such as George Stephenson)—and ultimately by oil and the rise of cars, trucks, and airplanes.
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After all, it spawned George and Robert Stephenson's railway engines, Joseph Swan's electric light bulbs, and Sir Charles Parson's steam turbines and electricity generators.
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