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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

"It's been very, very light with the calendar the past few weeks," said Natalie Trevithick, head of investment-grade credit at asset manager Payden & Rygel in Los Angeles.

From Reuters • Aug. 23, 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

According to writer and defense expert Joseph Trevithick, the idea of a crop-duster converted into an attack aircraft—one like the Iomax Archangel—came out of these earlier uses.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2022

A guard of honour was appointed to attend him, and it was even proposed to erect a statue of Don Ricardo Trevithick in solid silver.

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

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