Friday, October 1, 2010

Who raced a horse carriage and a train?

In 1825, George Stephenson raced his engine Locomotion against a team of horses, and won. For the first time ever, he showed that a mechanical vehicle could travel more quickly than a horse-drawn carriage.

Source: Amazing Questions and Answers (2002), Parragon Book.










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