The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated With an historical sketch of its invention and progressive improvement; its applications to navigation and railways; with plain axioms for railway speculators

CHAPTER XI.

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LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES ON TURNPIKE ROADS.

Railway and Turnpike Roads compared. -- Mr. Gurney's inventions. -- His Locomotive Steam Engine. -- Its performances. -- Prejudices and errors. -- Committee of the House of Commons. -- Convenience and safety of Steam Carriages. -- Hancock's Steam Carriage. -- Mr. N. Ogle. -- Trevithick's invention. -- Proceedings against Steam Carriages. -- Turnpike Bills. -- Steam Carriage between Gloucester and Cheltenham. -- Its discontinuance. -- Report of the Committee of the Commons. -- Present State and Prospects of Steam Carriages. 213