Richard Trevithick

Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor, who was born in Illogan, Cornwall. He was the son of a mine engineer, and as a child would watch steam engines pump water out of the deep tin and copper mines which were common in Cornwall. For a time he also lived next door to William Murdoch, the steam carriage pioneer, and would have been influenced by his experiments with steam powered road locomotion. As an adult, he set about improving upon the design of steam engines, by making smaller, lighter engines with stronger boilers that would generate higher steam pressures and thus more power.

External links

• A website about Richard Trevithick
• A highly detailed website about Richard Trevithick
• Website about the London Steam Carriage
• A brief history of the automotive form