id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 39926 Knight, Helen C. (Helen Cross) "Puffing Billy" and the Prize "Rocket" or, the story of the Stephensons and our Railways. .txt text/plain 27809 2979 87 girls--curious quarters, one would think; but working men at that time George rapidly shot ahead of his father, a kind old man who always One man stopped the working of the engine when George took Those were dark days, however, for the working-men of England. and new things, great improvements as they may be on old ones, often In pondering upon the powers of "Puffing Billy," George Stephenson saw steam-carriages would some day come into use on common roads. long series of experiments George Stephenson said, "No, the thing The man was George Stephenson, and his friend was Nicholas Wood. "A locomotive engine is worth fifty horses," exclaimed Stephenson; and Manchester the astonishing news of men, horses, carts, and Stephenson George Stephenson was a happy man. What became of George Stephenson and his son Robert? George and Robert Stephenson took their rank among the great men of ./cache/39926.txt ./txt/39926.txt