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The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson

Note 35 — Chapter V

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Mr. Hedley took out a patent to secure his invention, dated the 13th of March, 1813. Specification No. 3666. If it be true, as alleged, that the wheels of Trevithick's first locomotive were smooth, it seems strange that the fallacy should ever have existed.

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