The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway Locomotive

CHAPTER II.

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NEWBURN AND CALLERTON--GEORGE STEPHENSON LEARNS TO BE AN ENGINE-MAN.

Stephenson's Life at Newburn.--Appointed Engine-man.--Duties of Plugman.--Study of the Steam-engine.--Experiments in Bird-hatching.--Learns to Read.--His Schoolmasters.--Progress in Arithmetic.--His Dog.--Learns to Brake.--Duties of Brakesman.--Begins Shoe-mending.--Fight with a Pitman. 111