The Modern Locomotive (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Modern LocomotiveWhile horse-power or the stationary steam engine remained the only tractive force available for the haulage of wagons, a fixed limit was placed on the development of the railway system. It was the invention of the locomotive by Trevithick and its subsequent improvement by the Stephensons, that was to give a great impetus to the construction of iron roads, and place the question of steam locomo tion on a successful basis. It is only when we hold steadily in view the position occupied by railways to-day as compared with their humble origin of a century ago, that we are enabled to realise how much we owe to the locomotive and how greatly economic history is bound up with it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.