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George Stephenson (1781–1848), an English engineer and locomotive builder who developed the first successful steam-powered locomotive in 1815. In 1825, his railway locomotive Locomotion was the first to operate on the world’s first passenger railway, the Stockton–Darlington Railway in northeast England. Stephenson made important advances in railway design, including the use of tunnels and embankments and the substitution of malleable iron rails for cast iron. He also devised a miner’s safety lamp at about the same time (c.1815) as Sir Humphry Davy, whose lamp was adopted in 1816. Stephenson's design embodied several features of the Davy lamp and is considered by some to have predated Davy’s invention.
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Cutler Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Stephenson, George". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 18, 2006; Last revised Date August 18, 2006; Retrieved February 10, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Stephenson,_George>
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The Encyclopedia of Earth Cutler J. Cleveland is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Cleveland is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, with joint appointments in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. He also is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington D.C. Dr. Cleveland is als ... (Full Bio)
George Stephenson (1781–1848), an English engineer and locomotive builder who developed the first successful steam-powered locomotive in 1815. In 1825, his railway locomotive Locomotion was the first to operate on the world’s first passenger railway, the Stockton–Darlington Railway in northeast England. Stephenson made important advances in railway design, including the use of tunnels and embankments and the substitution of malleable iron rails for cast iron. He also devised a miner’s safety lamp at about the same time (c.1815) as Sir Humphry Davy, whose lamp was adopted in 1816. Stephenson's design embodied several features of the Davy lamp and is considered by some to have predated Davy’s invention.
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