Richard Travis Chek (1771-1833) is an English inventor. He invented the steam locomotive, which is regarded as a pioneer of modern science and technology, but so far many people think that the steam locomotive is George Stevenson (1781-1848). How did this misunderstanding come about?
Treviseek has a good scientific quality since he was a child, and he showed his talent in mechanical invention very early. His father is a full-time worker in the tin mine, and he has many opportunities to get in touch with the newcomen steam engine and Watt steam engine used to pump water in the mine. He gradually became fascinated with the study of steam engines. /kloc-when he was 0/9 years old, he was already a steam technician in a good mine.
180 1 year, he made a small and simple steam engine and installed it in the car. The second driving test of the steam car was successful, but it could not be started after driving for a certain distance. /kloc-in 0/804, he built the world's first steam locomotive running on the rails. This locomotive can transport 16 tons of iron and 70 passengers, walking 4.5 kilometers, with a top speed of 8 kilometers per hour. 1808, he laid a circular railway line in London and operated a homemade locomotive "Who can catch me" with a top speed of 19 km/h. Visitors can try to ride by paying the tour fee, but few people are willing to try to ride. Trevize had no choice but to sell the steam engine to the smelter. This is the fate of the world's first steam locomotive.
Treviseek's fate seems to be even worse. His financial situation has been very poor. 18 13 a coal mine in Peru ordered nine steam engines from him and he went to Peru. Unexpectedly, due to the civil strife in Peru, the order went up in smoke and he was penniless. He happened to meet robert stevenson, the son of George Stevenson, who borrowed money from Robert as collateral for his return to England.
Stevenson doesn't know when to start thinking about steam locomotives. At this time, due to the development of industrial revolution, there is an urgent need to improve the transportation system. In addition, at this time, with the development of technology, the rails have also changed from pig iron to wrought iron. 1825, Stevenson drove a train with 34 carriages and successfully tested it on a British railway. 1830, the passenger railway from Liverpool to Manchester in England was officially opened. George Stevenson is famous as the "father of railways".
Not all mistakes should be blamed, but such blameless mistakes are even more painful and give birth to regrets that can only be understood but cannot be expressed.