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Helen C. Knight
The Rocket: The Story of the Stephensons, Father and Son [EPUB ebook]

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The story of the stephensons, father and son, and their first ‘modern’ locomotive, with various innovations that were used on almost all steam locomotives that were built from that time on.
Rocket was designed by Robert Stephenson in 1829

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9791221369588 ● File size 1.3 MB ● Publisher Edizioni Savine ● Published 2022 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8456309 ● Copy protection without

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