Trevithick
what an interesting surname
Trevithick was involved with Vivian regarding Steam Engines and carriages , written about by Elijah C E Galloway in a book called "The history of the steam engine"
for which there were some court cases. There are numerous entries of Richard Trevithick circa 1872 ., who was written about with folk like Sir Christopher Hawkins.
I have extracted this >
TREVITHICK, Francis. See ante ii, 798. Chief
engineer and manager of L. & N.W.R. Co's
engineering works at Crewe, d. The Cliff,
Penzance 27 Oct. 1877. bur. The Cemetery 2
Nov. cf The Academy xii, 448 (1877).
TREVITHICK, Richard. See ante ii, 799-800.
cf. A concise account of steam carriages (Lond.
Simpkin 1834) passim; Will. Pole's Sir Will.
Fairbairn (1877) pp. 258-60; F. Whymper's
The Sea (Lond. CassellJ ii, 96 with portrait ; Cat.
of portraits in museum of commissioners of patents
(Lond. 1859) pp. 27, 35, 37.
Life of Richard Trevithick C.E. and Life of
George Stephenson C. E. By Hyde Clarke esq.
[Lond.] n.d. [1849?] 8°. pp. 23. Clockmakers
Library in Guildhall Lib. London. The life of R.
Trevithick is on pp. 1-11.
Trevithick's Engine for thrashing corn made
at Hayle foundry in 1811 for Sir Christopher
Hawkins shewn at the Royal Agricultural Show
at Kilburn 1879. The Engineer xlvii, 424, 441,
448 (1879) with view.
Note.—An engraving of this Engine on a fol. sh.
was made at the expense of Rich. Bissell Prosser of the
Trade Marks registration office 1879.
Account of the explosion on 15 Sep. 1803 of
a steam engine, erected by Messrs. Vivian and
Trevithick near Woolwich. Repertory of Arts
iii, 394 (1803).
Hand transcribed from > Bibliotheca Cornubiensis