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Stephenson's Rocket is an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement. It was built for and won the Rainhill Trials of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), held in October 1829 to show that improved locomotives would be more efficient than stationary steam engines .
Later conjectural drawing of the Rainhill trials. In the foreground is Rocket and in the background are Sans Pareil (right) and Novelty.. The Rainhill trials were a competition run from the 6 to 14 October 1829, to test George Stephenson's argument that locomotives would have the best motive power for the then nearly-completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR). [1]
British LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 Locomotive no. 44767 showing experimental Stephenson valve gear unusually mounted outside the frames A simple Stephenson gear in partial cutoff. The Stephenson valve gear or Stephenson link or shifting link [1] is a simple design of valve gear that was widely used throughout the world for various kinds of steam ...
The next stage, for example Stephenson's Rocket, was to drive the wheels directly from steeply inclined cylinders placed at the back of the locomotive. Direct drive became the standard arrangement, but the cylinders were moved to the front and placed either horizontal or nearly horizontal.
A rocket's required mass ratio as a function of effective exhaust velocity ratio. The classical rocket equation, or ideal rocket equation is a mathematical equation that describes the motion of vehicles that follow the basic principle of a rocket: a device that can apply acceleration to itself using thrust by expelling part of its mass with high velocity and can thereby move due to the ...
Diagram and lot no. Built Location Object Number Image Grand Junction Railway: 282693 1838 Travelling Post Office replica Wolverton (LMS) 1938 Shildon [190] [191] 1975-7043/1 West Coast Joint Stock (LNWR) 186 TPO: Wolverton: Dia No. 87 1883 York [192] 1975–7042 GNR: 948 Six-wheel full brake Doncaster: 1887 York [193] 1975–7044 ECJS: 82 ...
1829 – Rainhill Trials to find best self-propelled engine for Liverpool Manchester line are won by Robert Stephenson's Rocket proving there is no need for horse traction or static engines on the main line. [21] Rocket becomes basic formula for all future steam engines with boiler tubes, blast pipe, and the use of coal rather than coke.
Drawing of Blücher by Clement E. Stretton. Blücher (often spelled Blutcher) was built by George Stephenson in 1814; the first of a series of locomotives that he designed in the period 1814–16 which established his reputation as an engine designer and laid the foundations for his subsequent pivotal role in the development of the railways.