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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Workers from around the world, including Trevithick, came to work in the ironworks.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024

Trevithick had already pioneered high pressure stationary steam engines for mining and driving machinery and Welsh iron entrepreneur Samuel Homfray bought shares in his patent and brought him to his works in Merthyr Tydfil.

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

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

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2022

Trevithick himself seems from this time to have taken no further steps to bring the locomotive into general use.

From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel

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