The principles upon which a safety lamp might be constructed I stated to several persons long before Sir Humphrey Davy came into this part of the country.
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The rage for railroads is so great that many will be laid in parts where they will not pay.
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| Birth: | 9th June, 1781 |
| Death: | 12th August, 1848 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Civil Engineer, Inventor, Mechanical Engineer |
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George Stephenson was born in Wylam, Northumberland, England. He was an English civil engineer, mechanical engineer, and inventor who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830.
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