Trevithick

American

[trev-uh-thik] / ˈtrɛv ə θɪk /

noun

Richard, 1771–1833, English engineer.

Trevithick British

/ trəˈvɪθɪk /

noun

Richard . 1771–1833, British engineer, who built the first steam-driven passenger carriage (1801) and the first locomotive to run on smooth wheels on smooth rails (1804)

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Even though Trevithick invented the world's first railway locomotive, George Stephenson is widely regarded as the father of the railway.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024

Natalie Trevithick, head of investment grade credit strategy at investment adviser Payden & Rygel, said the bank's bonds were not doing as poorly as the equity.

From Reuters • Mar. 9, 2023

Ms Trevithick, 41, who is a brewer on St Mary's, started having contractions on the evening of 4 December and went to the island's birth centre with her partner, Hayden Simpson, 38.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2022

Trevithick says crop-dusting planes proved to be efficient and simple, given their original purpose as agricultural implements.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2022

Trevithick was characteristically an inventor of the typical sort.

From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Thurston, Robert H.

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