Richard Trevithick was born in 1771, he was the youngest of 6 children. At first Richard didn't prove to be 'the brightest lamp in the street.' His schoolmaster once reported him as being "disobedient, obstinate and slow", but, by the age of 19 he was learning the ropes and became an engineer.
Richard Trevithick was a genius in the field of mechanical engineering whose inventions proved to be of immense importance in helping to shape the development of the industrialised world during the 19th century.
Indeed, the world's first car was followed by (among others):
1802: The Coalbrookdale Locomotive - the first portable engine to run on rails
1803: The London Road Carriage - the first coach
1804: The Penydarren Locomotive - the first train
1808: The Catch-me-who-can railway locomotive, the first fare paying passenger train
Richard Trevithick also invented:
The Cornish boiler
Containerisation of shipping
A ships propeller
Refrigeration
Domestic heating boilers - portable room heater
A rock boring machine
Water-jet propulsion
Richard died in April, 1833, in Dartford
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