Richard Trevithick is in the Premier League with Telford and the Stephensons. Like Trevithick, the Hornblowers were 'strong' (ie high pressure) steam men. Watt did his best to blank them out of history. All the Cornish engineers utilized high pressure steam.
Brian of SpotMog On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 7:03 PM, John Lees <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > Today is Trevithick Day in Camborne. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Richard Philps <[email protected]> > *To:* mogtalk2 <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, April 28, 2012 1:02 PM > *Subject:* Re: [mogtalk2] NonMog - Pontcysyllte Aqueduct > > Quite; a league above!! > > Richard. > > > On 28 Apr 2012, at 10:01, Brian Cowell wrote: > > There are only two engineers buried in Westminster Abbey: > > Thomas Telford: The finest Civil Engineer; > Robert Stephenson: The finest Structural/Mechanical Engineer. > > I K Brunel is not in the same league. > > Brian of SpotMog > > > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Gerald Wallace <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Read it online here >> http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2012/04/going-pro.cfm Gerry >> * >> >> ------------------------------ >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] NonMog - Pontcysyllte Aqueduct >> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:23:54 +0100 >> >> Read that article earlier today - interesting! >> >> Cheers, >> Graham W >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Paul Fileman <[email protected]> >> *To:* mogtalk2 <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, April 27, 2012 11:17 AM >> *Subject:* [mogtalk2] NonMog - Pontcysyllte Aqueduct >> >> One for the engineers and canal enthusiasts: The May edition of E&T >> Magazine (the glossy journal of the IET) has an article on the construction >> techniques used in the building of the aqueduct. Apart from the basic error >> of referring to LTC Rolt as LTC Holt that is. >> >> Kind Regards, >> >> Paul >> >> Paul Fileman >> +44 (0) 7969 188820 >> Sent from a wireless device. >> >> ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
