Trevithick
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Trevithick is a surname, and may refer to:
- Francis TrevithickFrancis TrevithickFrancis Trevithick , from Camborne, Cornwall, was one of the first locomotive engineers of the London and North Western Railway .- Life :...
(1812-1877), one of the first locomotive engineers of the London and North Western Railway - Paul TrevithickPaul TrevithickPaul Byers Trevithick is an American inventor, engineer and entrepreneur.Trevithick is a co-founder of , and is currently its CTO. He initiated and is the technical leader of the work that is now the Eclipse Foundation's Higgins project. Supporting this effort, he also co-founded , the , Identity...
(born 1959), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
inventor, engineer and entrepreneur - Richard TrevithickRichard TrevithickRichard Trevithick was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall. His most significant success was the high pressure steam engine and he also built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive...
(1771-1833), British inventor, mining engineer and builder of the first working railway steam locomotiveSteam locomotiveA steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
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