First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Relying on incremental experiment rather than leaps into the unknown, Robert Stephenson (1803 59) forged an influential career as a highly respected railway and civil engineer. From the steam locomotive Rocket to the London and Birmingham Railway and the Britannia Bridge, his work helped to consolidate the foundations of the modern engineering profession. Based on the first-hand testimony of relatives and contemporaries as well as correspondence and official records, this 1864 biography by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1831 1901), published only five years after Stephenson's death, tells the story...

Relying on incremental experiment and practice rather than individual leaps into the unknown, Robert Stephenson (1803 59) forged an influential career as a highly respected railway and civil engineer. From the steam locomotive Rocket to the London and Birmingham Railway and the Britannia Bridge, his work helped to consolidate the foundations of the modern engineering profession. Based on the first-hand testimony of relatives and contemporaries as well as correspondence and official records, this 1864 biography by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1831 1901), published only five years after Stephenson's...